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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
Unable to afford a proper burial, the victim’s husband and daughter have created a GoFundMe to help pay for services.
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Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
Hike the King’s Trail, originally built as a footpath for royalty, to see coastal views, burial mounds, and black rock coves.
—Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
When Garland died in 1969, Sinatra offered to pay for her funeral and burial, added Minnelli.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
That’s according to a new report in the Daily Mail, which published a photo of Hackman’s burial location in the Santa Fe Memorial Gardens.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
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Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
Hike the King’s Trail, originally built as a footpath for royalty, to see coastal views, burial mounds, and black rock coves.
—Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
When Garland died in 1969, Sinatra offered to pay for her funeral and burial, added Minnelli.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
That’s according to a new report in the Daily Mail, which published a photo of Hackman’s burial location in the Santa Fe Memorial Gardens.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burial
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Carie Hallford, 48, faced up to 20 years in prison for taking over $130,000 from families for funeral services, including cremations, and often giving them urns full of concrete mix instead.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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All of the children, spouses and grandchildren sat with her and not their father at the viewing and funeral service.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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The tomb was right there in front of me.—
Talla Mountjoy,
Twin Cities,
11 Mar. 2026
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Discovery tales → Archaeologists uncovered a 1,000-year-old tomb containing gold chest plates, ear ornaments and other elite burial treasures.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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His death certificate, obtained by TMZ, did not elaborate on plans for Carradine’s interment, and the family has requested privacy to grieve.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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While the short-term interment camps were said to be closed in 2019, thousands ended up in prison, where experts have said they were targeted for their identity and not for actual crimes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Mar. 2026
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This understanding continues to emerge as researchers found another Eastern Han drum in a nearby grave in 1980.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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The attacks have, however, complicated peace efforts in the region where mass graves were recently found.—
OPE ADETAYO,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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The snow eventually hardens like a concrete entombment.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
21 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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Light rain fell as ambulances lined up outside the cemetery and began unloading dozens of plain wooden caskets.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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The office also, in one of its more obscure functions, licenses certain private cemeteries.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 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 20 Mar. 2026.
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