the dead
noun
: the state of being dead
—usually used in the phrases rise from the dead or come back from the dead or return from the dead to mean to become alive again after dying
For a moment, I thought that my grandfather had come back from the dead.
They believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
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Among the dead was Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a friend of Moscowitz.
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Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
There was a big movement at the time — because so many people were killed in the Civil War, and so many women were losing children — of spiritualists, who were almost all women, who would speak to the dead.
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
Chabad, an Orthodox Jewish movement that runs outreach worldwide and sponsors events during major Jewish holidays, identified one of the dead as Rabbi Eli Schlanger, assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi and an organizer of the event.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Dec. 2025
Trump has, on occasion, told jokes at the expense of the dead.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
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Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
There was a big movement at the time — because so many people were killed in the Civil War, and so many women were losing children — of spiritualists, who were almost all women, who would speak to the dead.
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
Chabad, an Orthodox Jewish movement that runs outreach worldwide and sponsors events during major Jewish holidays, identified one of the dead as Rabbi Eli Schlanger, assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi and an organizer of the event.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Dec. 2025
Trump has, on occasion, told jokes at the expense of the dead.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the dead
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“The dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20dead. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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