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Recent Examples of crypt
Officers found a gravesite dug open, along with the crypt and casket broken open.
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Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
The veterans cemetery’s first phase of development, which would not include crypts to bury caskets, was projected in 2023 to cost $123 million to develop.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
But Princess Alice is not buried amongst the stone crypts on the hillside.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
It was found in the church crypt of St Thomas am Blasenstein.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
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Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
The veterans cemetery’s first phase of development, which would not include crypts to bury caskets, was projected in 2023 to cost $123 million to develop.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
But Princess Alice is not buried amongst the stone crypts on the hillside.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
It was found in the church crypt of St Thomas am Blasenstein.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crypt
Noun
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Acutis' tomb in Assisi—his body displayed in a wax replica and dressed in casual clothes and sneakers—has become a major pilgrimage site, and relics associated with him have toured internationally.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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His tomb is livestreamed 24/7 via a webcam.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Cole Hutson, like his brother Lane, vaults up into the top group of prospects following a great 18-year-old season at Boston University.—
Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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While Tranter tinkers and Zuzana monitors the wall of local surveillance footage, Karalis and his team get to work drilling through the wall of the vault.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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The rituals also include his visits early next week to Ise, Japan’s top Shinto shrine, the mausoleum of the mythical first emperor Jinmu in Nara, as well as that of his late great-grandfather, wartime emperor Hirohito, in the Tokyo suburbs.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
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The phone box has an important connection to its location, as the man who designed the K2 model of classic British phone boxes, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, drew inspiration from the Dulwich Picture Gallery's mausoleum when creating its unique shape.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Crypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crypt. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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