disinterred

past tense of disinter
as in unearthed
to remove from place of burial the Egyptian mummy was carefully disinterred

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Recent Examples of disinterred Five years later, the bodies were disinterred as members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) worked to recover and identify the fallen men. Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
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unearthed
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  • But the investigation unearthed evidence that, contrary to the manufacturers’ claims, the bags were not generally recyclable or recyclable within California, as SB 270 stipulates.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The degraded image felt authentic, as if unearthed from the past.
    Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Disinterred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinterred. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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