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Recent Examples of disinter
In January, both women were disinterred for a contemporary forensic analysis after investigators collected DNA samples.
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Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 7 July 2025
In January 2022, the DPAA disinterred all four sets of remains and taken to the agency's laboratory.
—June 4, CBS News, 4 June 2025
In 2017, officials with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency disinterred the remains of 35 unknown sailors and transported them to the agency’s laboratory.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
Representative Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican, introduced a bill on Tuesday to disinter a veteran's remains from a military cemetery.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 7 July 2025
In January 2022, the DPAA disinterred all four sets of remains and taken to the agency's laboratory.
—June 4, CBS News, 4 June 2025
In 2017, officials with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency disinterred the remains of 35 unknown sailors and transported them to the agency’s laboratory.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
Representative Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican, introduced a bill on Tuesday to disinter a veteran's remains from a military cemetery.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinter
unearth
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It was unearthed from the UNESCO World Heritage area of Monte San Giorgio in Switzerland.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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Despite the political specificity of the family history unearthed here, the script presumes a level of profundity that’s just not there in the movie’s ponderous silences and woozy montages.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Disinter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinter. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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