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obituary

[oh-bich-oo-er-ee] / oʊˈbɪtʃ uˌɛr i /
NOUN
notice of person's death
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
birth announcement


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Having walked off her late-night show rather than fire Ava in Season 4, she is determined to rewrite her premature obituary by playing Madison Square Garden.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Gov. Bill Clements, the first Republican elected to statewide office in Texas since Reconstruction, appointed him to the Trinity River Authority, according to his obituary.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

“You should write your obituary and figure out how to live up to it,” Warren Buffett, then 92, said in 2023.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Optimists claim that closure isn’t a certainty, that a final decision hasn’t been made, that the media is writing a premature obituary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It came in the form of an obituary in the Pittsburgh Post, dated February 17, 1982.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng



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