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Discover LudwigThe phrase "has passed away" is correct and usuable in written English.
It is generally used to refer to someone's death, for example: "John Smith has passed away."
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Even as a kid I wondered, is "passed away" better than being dead?
I have another grandfather that's still alive and kicking but my mom's dad is passed away now and he was definitely a good grandfather.
They all answered the same: they had never been asked that question before and had never given the matter any thought, but everyone agreed the standard for today among funeral homes is "passed away".
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On each bed, a little life is passing away.
The generation I belong to, steeped in ideology and partisan commitment, is passing away.
An era is passing away, and all that people feel they can trust is the world of private emotion.
And Marclay has synchronised the art-life clocks, so to speak: every second on screen is passing away at exactly the same time in real life too.
To play that after six years of this man's struggle, to get to the moment where he is passing away to whatever is next — if anything — but is fully at peace, it was a very emotional day.
Because the slowdown does seem to have been about what it means to be a cop, though, it's worth exploring, even if, as Bratton hopes, it is passing away.
So big deal, a phone that a few hundred thousand people use is passing away before its time, right?
"My generation is passing away," Bajeux said.
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