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Recent Examples of exhumed
The town was established after San Francisco banned new burials and exhumed and relocated bodies to Colma in the early 1900s.
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Soon after Smith's death was officially ruled a homicide by SLED on March 21, 2023, his body was exhumed and given a second autopsy.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Kinman’s body was exhumed and transported to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office, where an autopsy was performed.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Kinman’s body was exhumed and taken to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office, where autopsy results to determine his cause and manner of death are pending.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
The health ministry official told CNN that some of the remains appeared to have been exhumed after burial.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
As recently as 20 years ago, in southern Romania, a man believed to be a vampire was exhumed, and his corpse ritually mutilated.
—Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
AaronP / Bauer-Griffin / Getty Images That was until 2018, when the DPAA exhumed the rest of the bodies from the USS California from Punchbowl, all unidentified, for further analysis, the group said.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
The scientist noted in his journal at the time that the skulls were not exhumed and had been freely given.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Soon after Smith's death was officially ruled a homicide by SLED on March 21, 2023, his body was exhumed and given a second autopsy.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Kinman’s body was exhumed and transported to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office, where an autopsy was performed.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Kinman’s body was exhumed and taken to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office, where autopsy results to determine his cause and manner of death are pending.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
The health ministry official told CNN that some of the remains appeared to have been exhumed after burial.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
As recently as 20 years ago, in southern Romania, a man believed to be a vampire was exhumed, and his corpse ritually mutilated.
—Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
AaronP / Bauer-Griffin / Getty Images That was until 2018, when the DPAA exhumed the rest of the bodies from the USS California from Punchbowl, all unidentified, for further analysis, the group said.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
The scientist noted in his journal at the time that the skulls were not exhumed and had been freely given.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhumed
unearthed
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Notably, archaeologists unearthed a large piece of amber and a terracotta female head used in ceremonies dedicated to water and fertility deities, Archaeology Newsstated.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Scientists recently unearthed the remains of multiple academic halls at Oxford University — revealing new insights into the lives of students in the Middle Ages.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Exhumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhumed. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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