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Dear John letter
Dear John letter: WWII-era American term for a breakup letter from a wife or girlfriend to a serviceman, also called Dear Jane letter; coined by GIs, first in national press October 1943.
Dear Jonas
"Dear Jonas" is the January 2026 text message from President Donald Trump to Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre, leaked via the NSC, tying the Nobel Peace Prize snub to demands for US control of Greenland and NATO concessions.
Dear Life (TV series)
Dear Life is a 2026 six-part Stan Original Australian drama by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope (Gristmill), formerly titled Love Divided By Eleven, starring Brooke Satchwell as a woman tracking her fiancé's organ recipients; it won her a 2026 Logie.
Dear Life (亲爱的生命)
Dear Life (亲爱的生命), also titled 女医生, is a 2022 Chinese urban medical drama starring Song Qian and Wang Xiaochen as rival obstetrics residents. It aired 36 episodes on CCTV-8, iQIYI, and Tencent Video from 7 September 2022, averaging a 1.093% rating.
Dear Mama
Dear Mama is a 1995 Tupac Shakur song from Me Against the World honoring his mother Afeni Shakur; samples the Spinners' Sadie and Joe Sample, Grammy-nominated, National Recording Registry 2009.
Dear My Friends
Dear My Friends (디어 마이 프렌즈) is a 2016 tvN South Korean drama, 16 episodes, written by Noh Hee-kyung, about elderly friends in their 60s to 80s; it won the 2017 Baeksang Best Drama award, beating Goblin.
Dear Prudence
Dear Prudence is a 1968 Beatles song written by John Lennon in Rishikesh for Prudence Farrow, recorded 28–30 August 1968 at Trident Studios on eight-track tape as a single logged take, with McCartney on drums while Ringo Starr was absent.
Dear Radiance (光る君へ)
Dear Radiance (光る君へ, Hikaru Kimi e) is NHK's 63rd taiga drama, aired January–December 2024 in 48 episodes, starring Yuriko Yoshitaka as Murasaki Shikibu and Tasuku Emoto as Fujiwara no Michinaga, scripted by Taeko Ōishi.
Dear Shameless Death
Dear Shameless Death (Sevgili Arsız Ölüm) is a 1983 novel by Turkish writer Latife Tekin about the Aktaş family's migration to Istanbul, an early work of Turkish magical realism.
Dear White People
Dear White People: 2014 satirical comedy-drama film by Justin Simien, set at fictional Winchester University, starring Tessa Thompson as radio host Sam White; Sundance Special Jury Award winner, adapted into a 2017 Netflix series.
Dear White People (TV series)
Dear White People: Netflix comedy-drama series (2017-2021) by Justin Simien, adapted from his 2014 film, following Black students at fictional Winchester University across four ten-episode volumes.
Dear X (친애하는) (TV series)
Dear X (친애하는 X, Chinaehaneun X) is a 2025 TVING Korean melodrama thriller, 12 episodes aired Nov 6 to Dec 4, 2025, adapted from Vanziun's webtoon, starring Kim You-jung as manipulative actress Baek Ah-jin, directed by Lee Eung-bok, TVING's first global project.
Dear You (film)
Dear You (给阿嬷的情书) is a 2026 Chinese family drama directed by Lan Hongchun, shot mostly in Teochew about qiaopi remittance letters; a low-budget breakout that became China's second-highest-grossing film of 2026.
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father is Kurt Kuenne's 2008 documentary memorial to his murdered friend Dr. Andrew Bagby, addressed to Bagby's son Zachary, whose 2003 murder-suicide death turned the film into a catalyst for Canada's Bill C-464 bail reform.
Dear Zindagi (डियर ज़िंदगी)
Dear Zindagi (डियर ज़िंदगी) is a 2016 Hindi drama directed by Gauri Shinde, starring Alia Bhatt as cinematographer Kaira and Shah Rukh Khan as therapist Dr. Jehangir Khan; praised for its portrayal of therapy, it earned 1,300 million INR on a 300 million INR budget.
Dear Zoe (film)
Dear Zoe (2022) is an American coming-of-age drama directed by Gren Wells, adapted from Philip Beard's 2005 novel, starring Sadie Sink as grieving teen Tess DeNunzio, Theo Rossi, and Kweku Collins; released November 4, 2022, 94 minutes, rated R.
Dear. M (디어엠)
Dear.M (디어엠) is a 12-episode South Korean campus romance drama, a Love Playlist spin-off starring Park Hye Soo and NCT's Jaehyun, delayed from 2021 over bullying allegations and finally aired on KBS Joy in April 2025.
DearALICE
dearALICE (디어앨리스) is a British boy band formed by Kakao Entertainment and SM Entertainment via the BBC series Made in Korea, with 100 days of K-pop training in Seoul; debut single "Ariana" (2025), EPs bitterSWEETsummer and dancefloorKILLA E.P.
Dearborn Station
Dearborn Station (Polk Street Station), Chicago's 1885 Romanesque Revival intercity terminal at 47 W. Polk Street, built by the Chicago & Western Indiana; closed May 2, 1971; trainshed demolished 1976; landmark headhouse survives.
Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn, Michigan: city in Wayne County near Detroit, founded 1786, incorporated 1929 by merging Fordson and Dearborn. Population 109,976 (2020); Ford Motor Company headquarters, The Henry Ford museum, and the first Arab-majority U.S. city.
Dearest (亲爱的)
Dearest (亲爱的) is a 2014 Chinese drama directed by Peter Chan, written by Zhang Ji, starring Huang Bo, Zhao Wei, Tong Dawei and Hao Lei, adapted from real child-abduction cases including the Sun Haiyang search; premiered at Venice 2014 and grossed about 345 million RMB in China.
Dearness allowance
Dearness allowance (DA) is an inflation-indexed component of pay for Indian central government employees, revised twice yearly and standing at 60% of basic pay from January 2026.
Dearomative functionalization
Dearomative functionalization is a class of organic reactions that destroys the aromaticity of an arene while installing new functionality, converting flat aromatic feedstocks into saturated three-dimensional structures.
Dearomative photoredox functionalization of pyridines
Dearomative photoredox functionalization of pyridines is a family of visible-light-driven reactions in which a photocatalyst generates radical intermediates that convert aromatic pyridines into dearomatized products under mild conditions.
Dearomatization
Dearomatization is a chemical transformation that destroys the aromatic stabilization of an arene, converting a flat aromatic ring into a nonaromatic saturated or partially saturated molecule.
Death
Death: permanent cessation of organism function, determined medically by circulatory-respiratory or neurologic (brain death) criteria under the 1981 UDDA; covers Harvard criteria, 2023 BD/DNC guidelines, DCD donation, and global mortality statistics.
Death (Discworld)
Death is the anthropomorphic personification of death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, a seven-foot skeleton with blue eyes who rides the horse Binky, loves cats, and stars in Mort, Reaper Man, Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time.
Death (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Death (MCU) is the franchise's personification of death, appearing as Rio Vidal, the original Green Witch played by Aubrey Plaza in Agatha All Along, revealed in episode 7 as a new character inspired by Marvel Comics' 1973 Death entity.
Death (Marvel Comics)
Death, often called Mistress Death, is a fictional abstract entity in Marvel Comics who personifies death; her relationship with the lovesick Thanos drives cosmic epics like 1991's Infinity Gauntlet.
Death (metal band)
Death (metal band), American death metal pioneers also called Mantas, founded by Chuck Schuldiner in Florida in 1983; seven albums 1987-1998, from Scream Bloody Gore to The Sound of Perseverance; Schuldiner died December 2001.