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Among its prominent displays is Houston Conwill’s The Joyful Mysteries, a set of time capsules that were buried in the adjacent lot in 1984 and disinterred during construction and brought indoors.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025
At first, the remains of U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces personnel were interred in the Schofield Barracks Cemetery until the American Graves Registration Service disinterred the remains in August 1947.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
But 2019, with new forensic techniques, officials had more hope of success, and the remains were disinterred a second time and sent to a laboratory for additional analysis.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
In January, both women were disinterred for a contemporary forensic analysis after investigators collected DNA samples.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 7 July 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025
At first, the remains of U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces personnel were interred in the Schofield Barracks Cemetery until the American Graves Registration Service disinterred the remains in August 1947.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
But 2019, with new forensic techniques, officials had more hope of success, and the remains were disinterred a second time and sent to a laboratory for additional analysis.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
In January, both women were disinterred for a contemporary forensic analysis after investigators collected DNA samples.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinter
unearth
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The deed was unearthed by Project Salt Box, a Maryland ICE watchdog.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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As fans of America's Next Top Model continue to grapple with the decades-old drama unearthed by Reality Check, Tyra Banks and her rotating cast of judges—many of whom helped define entertainment culture in the early aughts—have officially (re)entered the chat.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
21 Feb. 2026
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