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In June, Jeff Thiel’s remains were disinterred from a Waupaca County cemetery.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
Among its prominent displays is Houston Conwill’s The Joyful Mysteries, a set of time capsules that were buried in the adjacent lot in 1984 and disinterred during construction and brought indoors.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025
At first, the remains of U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces personnel were interred in the Schofield Barracks Cemetery until the American Graves Registration Service disinterred the remains in August 1947.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
But 2019, with new forensic techniques, officials had more hope of success, and the remains were disinterred a second time and sent to a laboratory for additional analysis.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
Among its prominent displays is Houston Conwill’s The Joyful Mysteries, a set of time capsules that were buried in the adjacent lot in 1984 and disinterred during construction and brought indoors.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025
At first, the remains of U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces personnel were interred in the Schofield Barracks Cemetery until the American Graves Registration Service disinterred the remains in August 1947.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
But 2019, with new forensic techniques, officials had more hope of success, and the remains were disinterred a second time and sent to a laboratory for additional analysis.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinter
unearth
Verb
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However Taparjan valiantly deconstructs her personality by examining her past and unearthing her demons and traumas.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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This new species of baby dinosaur was unearthed from South Korea’s Aphae Island.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Disinter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinter. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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