obituary
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Her obituary describes her as the “high school queen” her junior year.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Most of my friends have never had to write an obituary, or file a life insurance claim, or deal with probate court.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
It moved markets because the people trading those stocks recognized their job descriptions in the obituary section.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
One of those projects translated into the formation of the annual Burning Man festival, the obituary stated.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Hoyle, who died in 2001, was described in an obituary in Nature as a "cosmologist and controversialist" and both of those he most certainly was.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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