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mortician

[mawr-tish-uhn] / mɔrˈtɪʃ ən /
NOUN
undertaker
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Gebbai the mortician spoke with steely-eyed resolve, but it began to crack when he remembered one young man.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

"We go from service to lifesaving to mortician, dealing with dead bodies and then doing crowd control," the 40-year-old says.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025

I learned that in August 2023 from a mortician preparing to cremate my mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

The once unidentified man was in jail accused of being a thief, and he was accidentally mummified by a mortician experimenting with new embalming techniques.

From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2023

“Ms. O’Dell, why don’t we take care of this paperwork first?” the mortician said.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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