Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catacombs
Noun
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This is the third tomb found at Caracol that dates back to around A.D. 350.—
Kerry Breen
July 10,
CBS News,
10 July 2025 -
Discovered in 1902, his bones were sealed inside a ceramic vessel placed in a rock-cut tomb in Nuwayrat, an archaeological site located about 170 miles south of Cairo.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The digital vaults, each holding 10,000 bitcoin, were reactivated on Thursday, July 3 and Friday, July 4, after lying untouched since 2011.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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The security checks occurred both before and after the VIPs visited the vault.—
Josh Wood,
The Courier-Journal,
3 July 2025
Noun
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Officers found a gravesite dug open, along with the crypt and casket broken open.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2025
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Ticket Information Brompton Cemetery Catacombs Hidden beneath one of London’s most atmospheric Victorian cemeteries lie the Brompton Catacombs — a shadowy underworld of vaulted chambers and crypts.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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“Catacombs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catacombs. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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