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a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account she reads the obits as soon as she gets her morning paper

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Recent Examples on the Web That is part of the headline over Kadare’s obit in the New York Times. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 July 2024 The coming out message, according to the obit, came after a lifetime of secrecy prompted largely by the treatment of other members of the LGBTQIA+ community Ryan observed in his time. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024 That is the heading over this obit in the New York Times. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 June 2024 Overlooked: How the New York Times Covers Librarians’ Obituaries In 2004, two researchers analyzed the New York Times obit section between 1977 and 2002 in an attempt to understand how the obituary section portrayed American librarians. JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for obit 

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“Obit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obit. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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