All 3 Uses
obituary
in
Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline
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- An obituary notice from the Poughkeepsie journal pops up.†
p. 178.8 *obituary = published notice of death with a short biography
- There's an obituary.†
p. 218.9
- She opens the family reunion photos and the obituary, saved on her desktop, and places the laptop in Vivian's lap.†
p. 219.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(obituary) a published notice of someone's death -- usually printed in a newspaper with a short biographyThe section of the newspaper that reports deaths is called the "Obituaries".
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)