deceased
Example Sentences
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Assets owned solely by the deceased must go through probate—the court process of validating a will—before they can be transferred to a surviving spouse.
It threatened to take legal action against anyone taking part in "these alleged illegal fundraising efforts", stating: "Everyone is asked to respect the memory of the deceased."
From BBC
Thursday regarding a report of a deceased person at the hotel and that they met with medics at the scene who declared an unnamed adult female dead.
From Los Angeles Times
The other two hikers were not hiking with the teenager, and it is not clear how long they had been deceased on the mountain.
From BBC
On Friday, authorities reported finding a deceased man in a partially submerged vehicle in the Lancaster area.
From Los Angeles Times
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