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Families have the option to have their pet cremated as part of a group or individually. — Ace Ratcliff, SELF, "Pet Euthanasia at Home: 6 Ways to Make Putting Down Your Pet Easier on Them—and You," 25 Oct. 2018 Strawberry Fields Forever' Yoko Ono had John Lennon's body cremated and ashes scattered in Central Park by their New York City apartment. — John Harrington And Charles Stockdale, USA TODAY, "50 fascinating facts you may not know about The Beatles," 10 July 2018 For those who want to cremate but not bury their pet, the cost is $550. — Annabelle Williams, Philly.com, "West Laurel Hill debuts pet cemetery, featuring 'aquamation'," 3 July 2018 White's family planned to cremate his body Thursday. — Max Londberg, kansascity, "'Will he get justice?' Dad of man killed downtown by KC police calls for body cameras," 21 June 2018 Her remains were then supposed to be cremated and returned to the family. — Jeffrey Collins, Fox News, "Body left to rot in funeral home 3 years leads to charges," 27 Aug. 2018 Some of the people interred at Stonehenge may have died and been cremated in West Britain and then brought the 125 miles (200km) to Stonehenge for burial. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "People buried at Stonehenge may have come from as far away as Wales," 3 Aug. 2018 At Eva's request there will be no service and will be cremated by Babione Funeral Home. — Sun-Sentinel.com, "Deaths in South Florida: 7/10," 10 July 2018 The photo also showed what Francis identified as some of his mother's cremated remains strewn among the contents of the bag. — Martine Powers, ajc, "TSA: We didn't spill the cremated remains of A.J. Francis's mother," 11 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cremate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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