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Meanings of obituaries in English

Russian
некролог
Portuguese
obituário
Spanish
obituario
Catalan
obituari
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Short biography of someone who recently died.

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      Usage of obituaries in English
      1
      Perhaps now is too soon to write the obituaries of Eskom, however.
      The South African
      2
      The obituaries of these devoted co-laborers were inserted in the Conference Minutes.
      Thirty Years in the Itinerancy
      3
      Within minutes, she had located the local paper's archives for the obituaries.
      Damaged
      4
      Rugby:Stuart Lancaster insists the obituaries being written for French rugby are premature.
      The Irish Times
      5
      Okay, so I really picked up traffic court depositions and wrote obituaries.
      Calamity jayne
      6
      So what if the obituaries said that he died on October 20th.
      The new yorker
      7
      At the beginning of this millennium, though, the obituaries were for reading.
      The Irish Times
      8
      MANY obituaries have been written about Apple Computer, all of them premature.
      The Irish Times
      9
      The 16-times world champion has made a mockery of previous career obituaries.
      The Guardian
      10
      Laudatory obituaries assessed him as a great man who had somehow failed.
      The new yorker
      11
      Particularly when the finance minister was writing the company's obituaries just last month.
      The South African
      12
      Trivia moment: I once edited the obituaries section of the American Alpine Journal.
      Climbing Magazine
      13
      This week has been busy with obituaries, the obvious end of era emphasis.
      The Irish Times
      14
      In many respects, the best obituaries are to be found in country papers.
      Walking-Stick Papers
      15
      Of them all, only Sir Miles Linley merited obituaries in the national press.
      Long time coming: a novel
      16
      But Kael's view will be reflected in few of today's obituaries.
      The Irish Times
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      obituário
      Obituaries through the time
      Obituaries across language varieties
      Ireland
      Common
      United States of America
      Less common
      United Kingdom
      Rare