Dead
Both words in one sentence
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Another one asks what happened to them, and the former frowns, saying "They're dead."
Source: My Parents Are Dead - Shito and Shiba in Zombie Loan, and in the former case he was actually born dead.
Source: Dead All Along -
In The Punisher (1989), Franks tells his former police partner Jake that "Frank is dead" when they finally meet face to face.
Source: That Man Is Dead
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Former and Dead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/former
Dead & Former. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/former>.
Former or Dead. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/former.
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