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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catacombs
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In 2004, two 6-foot-tall statues of Chinese soldiers — a gift from sister city Xi’an, and replicas of some of the 7,000 life-sized terra cotta warriors found at the tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang — were installed at the north end of the bridge.—
Eric Adler
August 17,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025 -
Roskilde’s stately cathedral stands solemn and proud—its royal tombs steeped in centuries of candlelit reverence—while chalk-white Møns Klint plunges into the deep Baltic blue, where fossil hunters comb the shore and peregrine falcons wheel overhead.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Benchmark Provisions is a specialty-foods store that's located in the basement of a former bank, as evidenced by the massive stone walls that once held up the vault.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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The federal government piled gold bars upon gold bars into this huge brand-new vault deep in the ground.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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He is buried in a crypt at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Justice, not far from his parents and two sisters.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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Wine enthusiasts will appreciate Cas da Mata’s underground wine crypt, capable of storing up to 1,800 bottles.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Catacombs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catacombs. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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