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Recent Examples of bereavement
Platters arrive from a Jewish deli, drawn from the bereavement menu.
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David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The Brazilian’s appearances for United were limited this season, in part due to a tragic family bereavement.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
In The Black Sea Post-pregnancy maternal health benefits may include bereavement leave for pregnancy loss, prenatal and postnatal care, paid parental leave, mental health resources, lactation support, and doula services.
—Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
While the politics of health and care do not always map onto war and its metaphors, public health is messy when new and virulent diseases take over a country in bereavement.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
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David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The Brazilian’s appearances for United were limited this season, in part due to a tragic family bereavement.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
In The Black Sea Post-pregnancy maternal health benefits may include bereavement leave for pregnancy loss, prenatal and postnatal care, paid parental leave, mental health resources, lactation support, and doula services.
—Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
While the politics of health and care do not always map onto war and its metaphors, public health is messy when new and virulent diseases take over a country in bereavement.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereavement
Noun
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Drawing the Line in the Sand In the absence of congressional action, courts can step in to protect fundamental rights, sending clear signals to the American people about where the legal line exists on presidential power.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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In the absence of federal law, several states have already taken steps to outlaw AI deepfakes, including California and Tennessee.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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Midway through the film, an I.E.D. explodes just outside the apartment building, and the sequence that follows, in which the survivors gradually regain consciousness, is a tour de force of sensory deprivation and temporal dislocation.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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While some hardship builds character, suffering extreme deprivation does not guarantee success.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Out of the privation, the challenge, and the censure of slavery and the unfulfilled promise of post-Reconstruction justice, Black musicians embraced experimentation and innovation, ingenuity and joy, and a multigenerational call and response speaking truth to power that endures to the present day.—
Elizabeth Alexander,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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As a prisoner of war, Morris R. Wills faced a gamut of privations—he was left malnourished and consigned to filthy conditions amid the ever-present threat of execution.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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His quickness getting across the crease, his evident athleticism, more than made up for any lack of experience.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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But, sadly, because bathrooms are such high-moisture rooms with a lack of ventilation, mold is easy to grow.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Bereavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereavement. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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