no longer with us
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- idiom
- We honor those who fought beside us and those who are no longer with us.
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Watch on YouTubeSince then, recently he's he's hung himself and he's no longer with us.
- Since then, recently he's he's hung himself and he's no longer with us.
- Unfortunately, Space flower is no longer with us.
- It feels so much like the Bite Beauty lipsticks and Bite Beauty is no longer with us.
- The clock doesn't care that we are stuck in thinking about somebody who's no longer with us.
- We as as we come together on Radcliffe Day, we think of classmates and friends no longer with us.
- That's a whole nother story in that the agent who's no longer with us, he ended up passing away, did not like the book.
- And we, we have to give a shout out to someone who was a real stalwart, Rick Ludwin, who is no longer with us.
- We had generational talents who, though no longer with us, left legacies on our lives which will remain forever.
- And and my mum who is no longer with us, but for me, she was the first scientist I knew because she was my mum.
Examples
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I am so saddened to know he is no longer with us, but he is with God the Father and family—what more could we wish for him?
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Though she's no longer with us, Jo's legacy still lives on through the work done in her name.
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Your friend is no longer with us.
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This article just brought back my deep sense of loss that he is no longer with us.
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I want you to think about somebody that you love who's no longer with us, OK?
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Jannick is no longer with us.
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He's no longer with us.
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I'm afraid he's no longer with us, sweetheart.
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We play songs at weddings and funerals; we sing in celebration, to honor our loved ones, to mourn those who are no longer with us, or to pray.
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Sadly, he is no longer with us, but we were married for forty-one years and knew each other for forty-four.
Synonyms
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No longer present or available
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To die, said in a gentle or polite way
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A person who is not alive, used in formal or respectful speech
No longer living and often remembered
Not living any more, for example a person or animal
Not existing any more
Antonyms
How Alive
- Informal
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally combines 'no longer' (not anymore) + 'with us' (present among us), so a learner who knows the parts can infer absence or that someone is not here. However, the specific euphemistic meaning 'has died' or 'ceased to exist' requires pragmatic/cultural knowledge and is not fully predictable from the words alone, making it only partially transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
No longer with us may come from the simple image of a person who used to stand with us in a group or at a table but is now gone, so people began using this gentle phrase instead of saying 'died' or 'no longer exists'.