Thesaurus results for OBITUARIES

obituaries

noun

plural of obituary

as in obits

a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account several obituaries for Herman Melville portrayed him as an obscure, largely forgotten author

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Recent Examples of obituaries The 40 recipes were all approved by family members of the deceased, whom Grant tracked down mostly through internet sleuthing (obituaries and social media) to ask permission to publish. — Jessi Roti, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 Flaco the owl became a celebrity Central Park resident, with breathless news coverage of Flaco’s impressive self-preservation skills and, eventually, mournful obituaries when Flaco died after flying into a building. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 That blow came a little less than a year after the New York Times shook up its culture desk and reassigned its classical music critic, Zachary Woolfe, to serve as the obituaries editor. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Roberts, who has written more than sixteen hundred obituaries, retraces the origins of the form (in ancient Rome) and the emergence of the modern newspaper obituary (in the eighteenth century). — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 But Bernie has never had a go, which is why his eye wanders to an advert in the local newspaper (one of Bernie’s hobbies, apart from keeping his toenail clippings in a jar, is cutting out obituaries). — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 Today’s attacker has far more to join against, from obituaries, death indexes, court filings and social media. — David Talby, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Overnight, homemade posters seeking survivors became rough drafts of obituaries. — Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026 But, not being in that class, I wasn’t mentioned in the obituaries. — Michael Elias, Air Mail, 5 Sep. 2026

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These 200-word vignettes with thumbnail photographs weren’t standard obits or news stories.

— Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026
The Lionel Messi World Cup obits were starting to be written.

— Sean Gregory, Time, 7 July 2026

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Adding fuel to the debate is the discovery of ancient artifacts — texts, frescoes, tombstone inscriptions — that seem, to some, to depict women as priests in the early Catholic Church.

— Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Because of his popularity, longevity, and talent for political propaganda, inscriptions and artworks bearing his name and image can be found throughout Egypt.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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Upkeep of national memorials should be an automatic government function without expectation of any compensation, monetary or in the form of adding one’s name to the building.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
These memorials often emphasize Catto because of his civil rights and voting rights advocacy.

— Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026

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