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as in funeral
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
the children wanted to give the dead bird a proper burial in the backyard
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as in tomb
a final resting place for a dead person
archaeologically significant artifacts, such as stone tools, have been discovered in Neanderthal burials
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Recent Examples of burial
At the threshold to the burial chamber there are carvings of two human figures holding various artifacts in their hands, who may have been the guardians of the tomb, according to the INAH.
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
Funeral and burial arrangements will be shared once finalized, the family said.
—Hunter Geisel, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
The Grid Modernization Initiative is looking at where burial is most effective.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Through burial, family and community come together to honor a life lived and to escort the soul forward with dignity, reverence, and love.
—Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
Funeral and burial arrangements will be shared once finalized, the family said.
—Hunter Geisel, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
The Grid Modernization Initiative is looking at where burial is most effective.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Through burial, family and community come together to honor a life lived and to escort the soul forward with dignity, reverence, and love.
—Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burial
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Hundreds of people attended Scott's funeral in Mount Airy in November, including Mayor Cherelle Parker.—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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The ultra-private first lady has appeared, though, at Pope Francis' funeral, Fourth of July festivities, the White House Easter Egg Roll and alongside her husband at other prominent events of national importance.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Firemen in their command center calm the fears of the locals who call in, law enforcement tracks down tomb robbers, while in the port of Torre Annunziata, Syrian tankers unload Ukrainian grain.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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Located in San Pablo Huitzo, in the state of Oaxaca, the tomb was built by the Zapotec culture in around the year 600, according to a statement from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) last week.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
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From the date of death until interment for the governor of a state, territory or possession.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Jan. 2026
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Violette’s nostalgic invocation of the aesthetics of the late ’60s and early ’70s did not so much channel the utopianism of the counterculture as mourn its passing, returning again and again to the grave of the last mythic moment when radical change seemed possible.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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Sadly, millions of seniors born between 1917 and 1926 or even later went to their graves bitter and disappointed — including my own mother, by the way!—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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City and county governments set local rules covering burials, inurnments, entombments and the upkeep of cemeteries, mausoleums and columbariums, according to state law.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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The cemetery was divided in two by a windbreak of giant elms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Palestinians living nearby said remains exhumed during the search were left exposed in the cemetery without reburial.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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According to Purina, a common quirky habit many dog owners notice is food-burying.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2025
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Greenlawn was a collection of four cemeteries — the old burying ground, new burying ground or Union cemetery, Peck's Ground and Greenlawn.—
Alexandria Burris,
IndyStar,
14 Nov. 2025
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“Burial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burial. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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