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• Zarutska graduated from Synergy College in Kyiv with a degree in art and restoration, her obituary says.2025 September 10, Holly Yan, Jeff Winter, “Suspect in Charlotte train stabbing that killed a Ukrainian refugee is charged with a federal…. From the entry kyiv
• A job writing obituaries and one online date is not turning my life around.2020, Alexandra Potter, “Failing”, in Confessions of a Forty-Something, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 182. From the entry online date
• “We also made it easier to find the column—right next to the obituaries.” He chuckled.2017 October 17, Judy Duarte, chapter 7, in A Cowboy Family Christmas (Rocking Chair Rodeo; 3), Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Special Edition…. From the entry life's a bitch, and then you die
• The obituaries are concerning me because people are dying in alphabetical order.2013, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Norm Macdonald. From the entry alphabetical order
• The dangling modifier is a curse of modern writing, particularly obituaries.2004, Wynford Hicks, Quite Literally: Problem Words and how to Use Them, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 45. From the entry dangling modifier
• Central Park's Tavern on the Green (according to the Time magazine obituary).1981, Geoffrey Rips, Anne Janowitz, Nancy Joyce Peters, The Campaign against the underground press, page 33. From the entry blackmailer
• As if to confirm his obituary for the martyrs of the movement, a massive thumping on taut calfskin drumheads now mingled with the trumpetry.2017, Günter Grass, The Tin Drum, page 107. From the entry trumpetry
• The obituaries and public conversations surrounding timely movie star deaths work as summings-up, final assessments of worth before the dirt hits the cultural coffin lid.2012 September 16, Ty Burr, “Not fade away? All stars die, but their stardom can be a different story”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume…. From the entry summing-up

Meaning of obituary

1. noun A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete), the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published.
2. noun A brief biography of a person (especially one who is well-known) who has recently died, usually describing their life and achievements, particularly in the form of an article in a news publication or an item in a news broadcast.
3. noun An announcement or description of the end of something.

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How do you use obituary in a sentence?

Obituary is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “He is the paper's obituary editor.”

What is a short sentence with obituary?

“He is the paper's obituary editor.”

What does obituary mean?

Obituary means a brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete), the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published.