the deceased
noun
formal
: a dead person or dead people
a relative of the deceased
Three of the deceased are being buried today.
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Nearly all of them made it into their 80s, on average living 85 years, though the deceased include two in their early 60s and 11 who made it into their 90s.
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Roy Canivel, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The collar and tether were collected as evidence and authorities took the deceased dog to Texas A&M for an autopsy, funded by local nonprofit Rufus Refuge.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
There are sometimes declarations of how much the deceased admired the speaker.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
The department previously stated the deceased included two 19-year-olds.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025
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Roy Canivel, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The collar and tether were collected as evidence and authorities took the deceased dog to Texas A&M for an autopsy, funded by local nonprofit Rufus Refuge.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
There are sometimes declarations of how much the deceased admired the speaker.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
The department previously stated the deceased included two 19-year-olds.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the deceased
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“The deceased.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20deceased. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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