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Recent Examples of funeral
Matt Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
The family invited anyone coming to Pauley’s funeral on February 20th to wear black and gold in honor of his love for Vanderbilt University.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
Yousef Murad, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Waiting ultimately allowed Dews to attend the repast, a post-funeral gathering among family and friends.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Bulls coach Billy Donovan was back on the bench after missing a game to attend his father’s funeral.
—Matt Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
The family invited anyone coming to Pauley’s funeral on February 20th to wear black and gold in honor of his love for Vanderbilt University.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
As the funeral procession got underway and the crowds swelled, a small group of supporters took Seif al-Islam’s coffin away and later performed the funeral prayers and buried him.
—Yousef Murad, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Waiting ultimately allowed Dews to attend the repast, a post-funeral gathering among family and friends.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funeral
Noun
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From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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An interment service will follow at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church Lakeside Cemetery in Macon.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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Such memories flowed freely this week on social media and in mournful first-person essays.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
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Newsom shakes his head, seeming more mournful than angry.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Though her burial exemplified nothing extraordinary, as a woman with no status, the surgery demonstrates that the Pazyryk took care to tend to the sick and injured in their society, regardless of their station, Gizmodo reported.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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Her body was sent to Iraq for burial, and a Muslim group in Poland buried her baby.—
Elizabeth Flock,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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According to Purina, a common quirky habit many dog owners notice is food-burying.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2025
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Greenlawn was a collection of four cemeteries — the old burying ground, new burying ground or Union cemetery, Peck's Ground and Greenlawn.—
Alexandria Burris,
IndyStar,
14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Community ‘heartbroken’ over sewage spill Philip Gray used to enjoy paddling down the river in a canoe or floating in an inner tube, beer in hand, toward his home in Cabin John.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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The lyrics emanated from dramatic words and emotions expressed by owner Terry Pegula, football boss Brandon Beane and new head coach about their heartbroken hero.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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City and county governments set local rules covering burials, inurnments, entombments and the upkeep of cemeteries, mausoleums and columbariums, according to state law.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sitting opposite an old people’s home in a residential corner of Paris’ 14th arrondissement, La Santé’s unassuming presence is only given away by the occasional wailing siren as prisoners are transported to and from the site.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Funeral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funeral. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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