PREDECEASED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

predeceased

verb

past tense of predecease

as in deceased

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The Sheriff’s Office has identified the deceased as bus driver Kelly Margaret Langstaff and passengers Cassandra Moreno, John Perry, Oscar Carrillo and Trena Cain.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Responding officers found Baratto deceased with stab wounds and arrested Harrington.

— Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of deceased

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Eisner, Diller’s second in command, departed for Disney when he didn’t get promoted, and he was soon followed out the door by another rising young executive, Jeffrey Katzenberg.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Bailey departed Burberry in 2018 and was succeeded as chief creative officer by Riccardo Tisci, formerly the creative director at Givenchy (Marco Gobbetti took over Bailey’s CEO role in 2017).

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

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Alexei Tsydenov, head of the nearby Republic of Buryatia, said the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.

— COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

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Iris Law’s piecey pixie is parted to the side, with soft texture and a jagged, wispy bang for some edge.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026
On third-and-9 in the red zone, Kansas City’s front seven parted and gave up an 11-yard first-down run to Ollie Gordon, with De’Von Achane injured.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

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Amid all those professional milestones, Bridgers also ended a high-profile relationship with actor Paul Mescal; lost her father, Tony Bridgers; and started dating comedian Bo Burnham.

— Christine Werthman, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026
There is a week every fall when the mornings sharpen, the knitwear comes down off the top shelf, and everything in your gym bag suddenly belongs to a season that has already ended.

— Zoë Mackay, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

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Soon after the verdict, Harley Feldman, who had attended his daughter's trial daily, passed away.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Yet the name is also a relic — the legacy of Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack, the last of whom passed away nearly 50 years ago.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

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