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a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery
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Flags will remain at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Tuesday, the day of Robinson's interment, according to the governor's order.
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Josh Snyder, arkansasonline.com, 15 July 2024
Many built within the last few decades, religious interment sites and spaces for remembering the deceased have become invaluable to expanding communities beyond the predominantly Protestant and Catholic population of Sacramento.
—Esther Sun, Sacramento Bee, 7 July 2024
There are no official records, but there is an estimate of 300 to 500 interments or graves in the cemetery.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2024
Services were held June 14 at Sol Levinson & Bros. with interment in the Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
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Josh Snyder, arkansasonline.com, 15 July 2024
Many built within the last few decades, religious interment sites and spaces for remembering the deceased have become invaluable to expanding communities beyond the predominantly Protestant and Catholic population of Sacramento.
—Esther Sun, Sacramento Bee, 7 July 2024
There are no official records, but there is an estimate of 300 to 500 interments or graves in the cemetery.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2024
Services were held June 14 at Sol Levinson & Bros. with interment in the Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
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“Interment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interment. Accessed 10 Sep. 2024.
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interment
noun
in·ter·ment
in-ˈtər-mənt 
: burial
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