Passed
There are many euphemisms for saying that someone died, two of the most common being "passed away" and "passed on". Lately, I've been hearing more and more people announce that so-and-so simply "passed". The first few times that I heard it spoken that way, I thought it sounded strange. Now, however, I'm so accustomed to this usage that it almost sounds normal, though I'm still barely to the point of being comfortable in saying it myself.
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