decedent

as in deceased
US, law a dead person a tax on the estate of the decedent

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Recent Examples of decedent For 2025, the exemption amount for decedents is $13,990,000 per person or $27,980,000 per married couple. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025 Toxicology reports are pending for all decedents, the coroner’s release said. Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025 As Tweet puts it, decedents can no longer act for themselves. Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025 In Colorado, pathologists can label a decedent’s manner of death as suicide, natural, accident, homicide or undetermined. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for decedent
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deceased
Noun
  • GEDMatch is one of the databases used by the DNA Doe project, a non-profit that works to name the deceased who remain unidentified.
    Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2018

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“Decedent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decedent. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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