dead
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The first is the dread of contemporaneous discovery, which is no problem if a donor arranges for his or her diary to be sealed until the people in it are dead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Cynthia Renee Gonzalez was pronounced dead on Sept. 22, 1991.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
A local church official had earlier put the number of dead at seven.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Israeli security forces imposed restrictions on access to the Holy Sepulchre in annexed east Jerusalem, where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and rose from the dead.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
I was pretty sure that we weren’t dead, that we’d activated our cuffs in the nick of time, but it was still a relief to open up my eyes in the mountain again.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.