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Recent Examples of carcasses
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
Do not even think of bringing home any carcasses.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Deer carcasses and parts should go directly to a landfill or be disposed of through your regular bagged trash pickup.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
However, officials said the officer did not find any bear carcasses or evidence of poaching.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Blue sharks are known to scavenge on basking shark carcasses, according to John Chisholm, an adjunct scientist at the New England Aquarium.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Their decaying carcasses led to the rapid deterioration of water quality and an explosion of harmful bacteria, researchers said.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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
Do not even think of bringing home any carcasses.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Deer carcasses and parts should go directly to a landfill or be disposed of through your regular bagged trash pickup.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
However, officials said the officer did not find any bear carcasses or evidence of poaching.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Blue sharks are known to scavenge on basking shark carcasses, according to John Chisholm, an adjunct scientist at the New England Aquarium.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Their decaying carcasses led to the rapid deterioration of water quality and an explosion of harmful bacteria, researchers said.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcasses
corpses
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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“Carcasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcasses. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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