as in monument
a stone building with places for the dead bodies of several people or the body of an important person
The cemetery has many mausoleums for some of the cites most notable families.
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Recent Examples of mausoleum
Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us (2024) Vampire Weekend have lost their illusions, buried their remains, and built a memorial to young adulthoods lived in New York, a mausoleum made of towering peaks and charmingly precious lyrics.
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Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
The walls of the mausoleum for late President Hafez al-Assad are scrawled with graffiti now — things that Syrians have long felt but could never say aloud during his family’s five-decade dictatorship.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Some remnants might be preserved in a mausoleum, an urn or even kept as a keepsake, close to a loved one.
—Simone Talma Flowers, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
The glass doors were smashed and four suspects were arrested, the deputy mayor of the neighborhood where the mausoleum is located told the country’s main radio channel.
—Jean-Yves Kamale and Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
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Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
The walls of the mausoleum for late President Hafez al-Assad are scrawled with graffiti now — things that Syrians have long felt but could never say aloud during his family’s five-decade dictatorship.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Some remnants might be preserved in a mausoleum, an urn or even kept as a keepsake, close to a loved one.
—Simone Talma Flowers, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
The glass doors were smashed and four suspects were arrested, the deputy mayor of the neighborhood where the mausoleum is located told the country’s main radio channel.
—Jean-Yves Kamale and Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleum
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Rubenstein, who has poured tens of millions of dollars into restoring monuments and historic sites, had planned to step down from the board of the Kennedy Center last month.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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Another part of the order reinstates a 2020 order to protect monuments and federal offices from vandalism.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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In 2022, for instance, Martinez and her team at the University of Santo Domingo discovered a 6.5-foot-tall, 4,300-foot-long tunnel some 40 feet beneath the temple while searching for the tomb.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Jan. 2025
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The king later did public penance for this at Becket’s tomb in Canterbury.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
28 Jan. 2025
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This scene, showing graves on a computer, was moved to much later in the film, after Elwood has been brutally beaten.—
Hilton Dresden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Feb. 2025
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Back when Marvin worked for Knuckles (Daniel Wu), his last big job was to drive Rose out to an unmarked grave and dump her in it.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Mausoleum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleum. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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