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The decaying carcasses would have been covered by a film of bacteria, which can electrostatically attract clay found in the surrounding sediment.
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Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Sereno proposes that the creatures’ carcasses were first desiccated in a drought before suddenly being engulfed by sediment—likely brought on by a flood.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Leap has an uncanny ability to find bones and carcasses anywhere and then parade them in front of her friends.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
If possible, use a tool such as a shovel to pick up the carcass instead of your hands.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
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Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Sereno proposes that the creatures’ carcasses were first desiccated in a drought before suddenly being engulfed by sediment—likely brought on by a flood.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Leap has an uncanny ability to find bones and carcasses anywhere and then parade them in front of her friends.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
If possible, use a tool such as a shovel to pick up the carcass instead of your hands.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcass
corpse
Noun
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Israel wiped out entire cities with nothing left but an abundance of rubble mixed with thousands of corpses stuck underneath.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And now one of those corpses could soon be Evelyn’s.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Carcass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcass. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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