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Recent Examples of exhumed
Last year, investigators exhumed Pauline Pusser’s body for an autopsy.
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Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Gein was a notorious murderer in the 1950s who not only went on a killing spree but also exhumed graves to use human remains to craft household items and clothing.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Detective's exhumed the woman's body and her DNA was sent to Astrea Forensics.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Seven decades would pass before the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency exhumed the 12 unknowns in June 2019.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 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
With the Ponzi scheme charges resolved, law enforcement turned their attention to the death of Michael Cochran and exhumed the body.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Combining that experimental approach with Whitehead’s gripping text (based on real-life reform schools and the bodies that were discovered and exhumed from their grounds decades later) was the challenge of Nickel Boys.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Saint Nicholas‘ body was then exhumed and reburied in the church.
—Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Gein was a notorious murderer in the 1950s who not only went on a killing spree but also exhumed graves to use human remains to craft household items and clothing.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Detective's exhumed the woman's body and her DNA was sent to Astrea Forensics.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Seven decades would pass before the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency exhumed the 12 unknowns in June 2019.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 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
With the Ponzi scheme charges resolved, law enforcement turned their attention to the death of Michael Cochran and exhumed the body.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Combining that experimental approach with Whitehead’s gripping text (based on real-life reform schools and the bodies that were discovered and exhumed from their grounds decades later) was the challenge of Nickel Boys.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Saint Nicholas‘ body was then exhumed and reburied in the church.
—Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhumed
unearthed
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Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of a massive Roman council hall in Turkey – and the site holds carvings linked to early Christian worship.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Memos unearthed from Biden’s term show his aides wanted the president to personally sign pardon decisions and advised against using the autopen on clemency decisions.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Exhumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhumed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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