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as in funerals
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 tombs
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 burials
The burials at Skhul also call for a reevaluation of the development of culture in early humans, Hershkovitz said.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Early in the Gaza genocide, there were so many people killed that individual burials were no longer possible, and traditional burial cloths had run out.
—Philip Metres
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Although 156 ancient human burials have been found at Nong Ratchawat, not many studies have checked them for bioarchaeological evidence, and the few that have were focused on health and disease.
—Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
The workers, employed by the energy company Cálidda, found the burials in Lima just recently.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Despite being known for the fortress city of Kuelap and distinctive cliffside burials, historical knowledge of the Chachapoyas has been limited to Incan and Spanish records.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2025
Human composting is part of trend in the funeral industry toward more sustainable and environmentally-friendly burials.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Collective burials also started to become common and the signs of social differences between groups began to appear.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025
There were also passages for funerals and burials.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Early in the Gaza genocide, there were so many people killed that individual burials were no longer possible, and traditional burial cloths had run out.
—Philip Metres
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Although 156 ancient human burials have been found at Nong Ratchawat, not many studies have checked them for bioarchaeological evidence, and the few that have were focused on health and disease.
—Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
The workers, employed by the energy company Cálidda, found the burials in Lima just recently.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Despite being known for the fortress city of Kuelap and distinctive cliffside burials, historical knowledge of the Chachapoyas has been limited to Incan and Spanish records.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2025
Human composting is part of trend in the funeral industry toward more sustainable and environmentally-friendly burials.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Collective burials also started to become common and the signs of social differences between groups began to appear.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025
There were also passages for funerals and burials.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burials
Noun
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Before the most recent excavation, archaeologists had found 17 of these tombs.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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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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Tyler is visiting the graves of his parents when Capri interrupts.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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Someone had to have dug the pit, stacked the corpses, bulldozed over the mass graves.—
Seema Jilani
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Many bodies were relocated to cemeteries like Rosehill, Graceland and Oak Woods — but not all.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The site is known for its notable ancient Christian remains, including cemeteries and churches.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Burials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burials. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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