as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
there is evidence that this ancient culture practiced cremation as well as inhumation
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Noun
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Was it related to an elite Iron Age burial?—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026 -
Souther shared a GoFundMe link for her burial.—
Carmel Dagan,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2026
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The documentaries tended to be distanced, austere, observational; those that focused on the past (such as 2005’s Blockade, about the WWII siege of Leningrad, or 2019’s State Funeral, about the funeral of Stalin) were often built entirely from archival footage.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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Holding her daughter's funeral program, Francis broke down and spoke through tears about the loss.—
Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Inhumation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhumation. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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