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as in coffins
a boxlike container for holding a dead body
bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died
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as in bins
a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things
a small casket of jewels
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Recent Examples of caskets
Materials used for caskets and vaults are often made of wood, metal or concrete that require mining or tree cutting and huge amounts of energy to produce.
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Dorany Pineda, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Materials used for caskets and vaults are often made of wood, metal or concrete that require mining or tree cutting and huge amounts of energy to produce.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Light rain fell as ambulances lined up outside the cemetery and began unloading dozens of plain wooden caskets.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
Light rain fell as ambulances lined up outside the cemetery and began unloading dozens of plain wooden caskets.
—Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
When those caskets came off that plane?
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026
Their caskets will be draped with American flags as they're moved by an honor guard from the aircraft used to bring them home.
—Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 6 Mar. 2026
The American flag, first recognized by Congress in 1777, represents the nation in all sorts of ways — in battle, in parades, at ballgames, at the Olympics and even on caskets — and has evolved over the years.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Current Oklahoma law requires anyone selling caskets to be a licensed funeral director operating out of a funeral home.
—Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 6 Feb. 2026
Dorany Pineda, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Materials used for caskets and vaults are often made of wood, metal or concrete that require mining or tree cutting and huge amounts of energy to produce.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Light rain fell as ambulances lined up outside the cemetery and began unloading dozens of plain wooden caskets.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
Light rain fell as ambulances lined up outside the cemetery and began unloading dozens of plain wooden caskets.
—Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
When those caskets came off that plane?
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026
Their caskets will be draped with American flags as they're moved by an honor guard from the aircraft used to bring them home.
—Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 6 Mar. 2026
The American flag, first recognized by Congress in 1777, represents the nation in all sorts of ways — in battle, in parades, at ballgames, at the Olympics and even on caskets — and has evolved over the years.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Current Oklahoma law requires anyone selling caskets to be a licensed funeral director operating out of a funeral home.
—Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caskets
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The bodies, along with that of his six-month pregnant daughter-in-law, arrived in wooden coffins on a bus from Lebanon, their names scribbled on the sides.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Some coffins had multiple occupants, while others contained only a head or nothing at all.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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Passengers will be limited to two portable chargers, which cannot be stored in overhead bins.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Portable chargers -- which contain lithium-ion batteries intended to charge personal electronic devices -- may not be stored in overhead bins and cannot be recharged during the flight, the airline said.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Picture Indiana Jones swapping his fedora for a Han dynasty helmet, dodging booby traps in dusty Chinese tombs.—
Urnesha Bhattacherjee,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Since its founding in 1838, Green-Wood Cemetery’s permanent residents have lain among the hills of Brooklyn, their tranquility guarded by elaborate statuary, venerable trees, and sumptuous tombs.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
14 Apr. 2026
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In one instance at the Fashion Valley mall, the crew allegedly stole 25 boxes of designer goods, prosecutors said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The first 2,500 people will receive free picnic boxes while supplies last.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Padres players arrived in the visitor’s clubhouse at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú on Saturday to find brown T-shirts hanging in their lockers.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The roughly thirty-pound latex belly that Harbour wore to give Floyd extra heft is on full display in the show’s final episode, when Floyd and Clark strip down to their boxer briefs and dance by the pool lockers in a kind of tête-à-tête disco.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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If there is new growth from trunks, only remove the declining leaves.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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The trunks are made from wood, leather, canvas, and metal.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
6 May 2026
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And when thunderclaps rattled their chests, the Chinese felt a deity punishing wrongdoers.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
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We are dipped into this aesthetic with even the way women are posing on the red carpet [with their hands meeting at their chests].—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
6 May 2026
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“Caskets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caskets. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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