deceased
Example Sentences
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Thousands of them, each one representing a deceased veteran whose family is now due his pension.
From Literature
He added: "Part of my job was bringing the deceased to the mortuary, something like that stays with you I'll never forget it, it never leaves you."
From BBC
No one, the past five popes included, has sent out more prayers and thoughts to families of the wounded or deceased.
Identities of the deceased service members will be withheld for 24 hours after next of kin is informed.
From Salon
Within minutes, he said, the suspect was found deceased.
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