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Recent Examples of exhume
Her body was later exhumed after his next wife’s children went missing.
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Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 16 July 2025
In 2017, unidentified remains were exhumed from a Buna Village Cemetery, and sent to a lab for review and analysis.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 16 July 2025
The human remains are being exhumed and sent to Indiana University Indianapolis for a lab analysis that can reveal characteristics like age, height, gender and ethnicity.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 9 July 2025
So, here's to August Wilson, who exhumed and exalted the ordinary people.
—Lydia Price, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 16 July 2025
In 2017, unidentified remains were exhumed from a Buna Village Cemetery, and sent to a lab for review and analysis.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 16 July 2025
The human remains are being exhumed and sent to Indiana University Indianapolis for a lab analysis that can reveal characteristics like age, height, gender and ethnicity.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 9 July 2025
So, here's to August Wilson, who exhumed and exalted the ordinary people.
—Lydia Price, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhume
unearth
Verb
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To unearth the origin of the excess GABA, the researchers examined postmortem human brain tissue and used PTSD-like mouse models.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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On May 15, 2025, the Duffy’s Cut team unearthed the first human remains from the Downingtown crew in the exact place reported by Pennypacker.—
William E. Watson,
The Conversation,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Exhume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhume. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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