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as in funeral
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
the children wanted to give the dead bird a proper burial in the backyard
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as in tomb
a final resting place for a dead person
archaeologically significant artifacts, such as stone tools, have been discovered in Neanderthal burials
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Recent Examples of burial
However, thanks to the burial rituals of a community known as the Durotriges, researchers obtained this DNA and other genetic information.
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
The team thinks this particular burial held an individual of high status, as the coffin was finely crafted and the gypsum would have been expensive, per a statement from Headland Archaeology.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
The others were carved into the rock with an above-ground structure and a well, or vertical shaft, leading into the burial chamber.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Los Angeles is currently burning and areas of Pasadena — Butler’s hometown, place of burial, and muse for her literary works — have either crumbled to ash or been evacuated entirely.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
The team thinks this particular burial held an individual of high status, as the coffin was finely crafted and the gypsum would have been expensive, per a statement from Headland Archaeology.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
The others were carved into the rock with an above-ground structure and a well, or vertical shaft, leading into the burial chamber.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Los Angeles is currently burning and areas of Pasadena — Butler’s hometown, place of burial, and muse for her literary works — have either crumbled to ash or been evacuated entirely.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burial
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That cold and dreary Friday, Jackson had been attending a funeral in Washington, D.C. for South Carolina Representative Warren Davis.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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But their original idea was to make four half-hour films: about dying and painting, dying and poetry, dying and music, and then a half-hour film about funeral customs all over the world.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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In it, a small baby lies on a tomb of red velvet, her skin and dress a rocky gray (Eguiguren Arte de Hispanomérica, D10) and eye sockets blank, an icy contrast to the fresh roses and wildflowers with which she is adorned.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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On the thirteenth-century tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is shown wide awake and reading, while her dull and kingly husband sleeps for all eternity.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Services will be held Monday at Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford at 10 a.m. Shiva will be observed after the interment at Fleisher’s home, 73 Rockwood Lane, Greenwich.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
WWD,
12 Jan. 2025
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After the funeral, Carter and his family will return to Georgia and Maranatha Baptist Church in Carter's hometown of Plains for a private funeral service and interment.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
7 Jan. 2025
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The finale had the impossible task of putting the monstrous show to an unquiet grave, and while some storylines seemed rushed and others completely ignored, even everyone’s least favorite season of GOT is heart palpitating.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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During the initial excavations, researchers found Iron Age cremation graves with grave goods, one of which had 51 beads inside, according to a Jan. 28 news release from Antiquity.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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These cemeteries are appropriately designed and maintained by the United States government.—
Avi Weiss,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The cemetery’s gate regularly needs fixing and even replacing due to vandalism.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Burial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burial. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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