as in death
the state of being dead
the sheer deadness of the corpse was the creepiest thing about it
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Noun
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Rendered with all of the rich detail and disarming atmospherics that have characterized his work to date, Nosferatu is Eggers at the height of his powers: an astonishing, meticulously crafted, and oddly touching parable about desire, disease, and death.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025 -
Charging someone with causing a death, however, has proved tricky at times.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Interestingly, Ukrainian soldiers said, the North Koreans try to remove their dead and wounded from the battlefield, which is different from the Russians.—
Marc Santora,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The brigade retreated, leaving behind its frozen dead.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Sleep duration and risk of mortality from chronic kidney disease among Japanese adults.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Later on, Jackie, Phaedra, and Heavenly address the critical issue of Black maternal mortality in a moving speech.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
13 Jan. 2025
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The vases had been secured to the graves, deputies said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
16 Jan. 2025
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The grave also contained 46 glass beads and 11 silver coins linked to central Europe and Scandinavia.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Deadness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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