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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 council also approved adding ossuary burials.
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Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The last burials there were in 1925.
—Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
But the discovery has directed attention to wartime, when on-site burials would have been more likely.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
Authorities have threatened secret burials if family members do not comply, the group said.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Over time, Thompson and her colleagues have unearthed more burials, ancient human DNA and tiny human bone fragments.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
The burials of several demonstrators killed in the protests also took place, sparking marches.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
But those burials, and others that came a few hundred years after the pyre, were interred without this labor-intensive spectacle.
—Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation, 1 Jan. 2026
Archeological studies have suggested that cliff-face and cave-based burials here may stretch back as far as 2,000 years, though these old caskets no longer exist on their elevated resting spots.
—New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2025
Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The last burials there were in 1925.
—Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
But the discovery has directed attention to wartime, when on-site burials would have been more likely.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
Authorities have threatened secret burials if family members do not comply, the group said.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Over time, Thompson and her colleagues have unearthed more burials, ancient human DNA and tiny human bone fragments.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
The burials of several demonstrators killed in the protests also took place, sparking marches.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
But those burials, and others that came a few hundred years after the pyre, were interred without this labor-intensive spectacle.
—Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation, 1 Jan. 2026
Archeological studies have suggested that cliff-face and cave-based burials here may stretch back as far as 2,000 years, though these old caskets no longer exist on their elevated resting spots.
—New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burials
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Since then, the 65-year-old has only made public appearances at family events, including his parents' funerals and, most recently, the funeral of Britain's Duchess of Kent, Katharine, in September.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The pyramids, the temples, the stunning gold jewelry found in royal tombs — all of these marvels depended on practical, everyday tools wielded by skilled hands.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Devotees often visit their tombs to seek a miraculous intervention.—
Vanessa Corcoran,
The Conversation,
2 Feb. 2026
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Relatives hum around the graves, many of them women clad in the black ankle-length chadors favored by Iranian conservatives.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Eventually, a few survivors of these deportation efforts came back with terrifying news, that all those who were abducted from their homes and streets were taken to the nearby Ponary Forest and shot and buried in mass graves.—
Dr. Michael Good,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
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As these babies were unbaptized, their cemeteries often sank into obscurity, and integrating folklore into heritage protection is vital.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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Private cemeteries are often out of reach for many families, and public cemeteries are quickly filling up.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Burials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burials. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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