decease

Example Sentences

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In prior years, you scrawled “deceased” and the date of death on the top of returns such as these.

From MarketWatch

He also started diligently airbrushing or painting over photographs of the deceased: “I paint out all the abrasions, cuts and bruises, and open the eyes,” he explained, essentially resurrecting a likeness of the victim.

From The Wall Street Journal

For example, a study published in Nature Medicine early last year announced it had detected relatively large particles -- the researchers claimed it was a plastic spoon's worth -- inside the brains of recently deceased people.

From Barron's

These are intended to help the IRS process deceased taxpayers’ returns faster.

From The Wall Street Journal

Relatives of the deceased said they were kept in the dark about the health condition of their loved ones, and the lack of medical care.

From Los Angeles Times