as in to put away
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Recent Examples of inurn
The proposal also would end burial eligibility for military retirees but still allow them to be inurned aboveground, according to a comparison of the new proposals and current rules on the cemetery’s website.
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Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019
The proposal also would end burial eligibility for military retirees but still allow them to be inurned above ground, according to a comparison of the new proposals and current rules on the cemetery’s website.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
They will be inurned with full military honors at an in-ground vault at a private cemetery in Manassas, Va.
—Michael E. Ruane, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2018
The cremains will be inurned with full military honors at an in-ground vault at a private cemetery in Manassas, the statement said.
—Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 30 May 2018
Virginia will be cremated and inurned in the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC with her husband.
—Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 Feb. 2018
Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019
The proposal also would end burial eligibility for military retirees but still allow them to be inurned above ground, according to a comparison of the new proposals and current rules on the cemetery’s website.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
They will be inurned with full military honors at an in-ground vault at a private cemetery in Manassas, Va.
—Michael E. Ruane, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2018
The cremains will be inurned with full military honors at an in-ground vault at a private cemetery in Manassas, the statement said.
—Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 30 May 2018
Virginia will be cremated and inurned in the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC with her husband.
—Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inurn
Verb
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Set a time for kids to stop doing homework and put away electronics.—
Julio Fernandez-Mendoza,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2025
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Speaking to reporters after Houston had put away Arizona 72-64 in the championship game at T-Mobile Center, Sampson likened the experience to the Big 12 tournament titles captured by his Oklahoma teams from 2001-2003.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2025
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In keeping with his wishes, Herrera will be interred at a later date in Caracas, Venezuela, where he was born.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
18 Mar. 2025
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In Aida’s final scene, the treasonous general Radamés, who has been interred as punishment, finds his slave princess waiting for him in the shadows.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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In the touring production presented by Broadway in Boston and inhumed at the Citizens Bank Opera House through May 14, the life we’re given gets all the bells and whistles, not to mention props and wisecracks.—
James Sullivan,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 May 2023
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Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea.—
Brigit Katz,
Smithsonian,
3 Mar. 2017
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Gaza’s health ministry said the toll was likely to rise with many people buried under rubble.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan, buried under rocks, or deep within the region’s humid soil, researchers discovered seven new species with segmented bodies and dozens of slender legs.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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The debt brake, enshrined in the constitution, was brought in by Angela Merkel in her first term as German chancellor, back in 2009.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Lummis this week reintroduced legislation that would see the U.S. buy up to one million bitcoin over five years, enshrining into law the strategic bitcoin reserve created by Trump via executive order earlier this month.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Inurn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inurn. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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