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Recent Examples of disinter
In 2022, the remains were disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory for identification.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
Some reports claimed remains housed there had been disinterred.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The remains were disinterred and transferred to a laboratory, where 35 sets of remains were identified.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
The Department of Defense had undertaken the arduous task of disinterring and sorting through the commingled skeletons.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
Some reports claimed remains housed there had been disinterred.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The remains were disinterred and transferred to a laboratory, where 35 sets of remains were identified.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
The Department of Defense had undertaken the arduous task of disinterring and sorting through the commingled skeletons.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinter
unearth
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The find marked the first time archaeologists have unearthed a pharaoh’s tomb since 1922, when King Tutankhamun’s burial site was identified.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2025
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Magnificent murals on Roman-era Israeli tombs unearthed and open to the public Tombs painstakingly restored by the Israel Antiquities Authority in what was Ashkelon under the Roman Empire are now available to visit by the general public.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2025
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“Disinter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinter. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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