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The phrase "believed to be dead" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is usually used when referring to someone who is presumed to be dead on the basis of evidence but there is no definitive proof. For example: People believed that the explorer had died in the arctic, but his body was never found. He was believed to be dead.
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All the participants are believed to be dead.
Mr. Bryant remains missing and is believed to be dead.
The fourth, Alan McMenemy, is also believed to be dead.
Most of those who disappeared are believed to be dead.
The sitcom was widely believed to be dead in the early 1980s.
Alan McMenemy, the fourth bodyguard, is also believed to be dead.
McMenemy is believed to be dead, although his body has not been returned.
McMenemy is also believed to be dead, though his body has so far not been returned.
And also a further British resident is also believed to be dead," he said.
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The pathogen is transmitted by the bite of the phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva 1912), and although humans can be infected, they are believed to be "dead-end" hosts; domestic dogs are the main reservoirs for the parasite.
The formula is basically as follows: "[Thing that is believed to be dead]?
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