as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery
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Recent Examples of interment
Romer covers a lot — the first baseball game in Japan, how the San Francisco Seals figured into all of this, World War II, Japanese interment camps, the Giants, and more.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
An interment will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
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.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The government has placed DJI on this list due to its alleged role in the persecution of China's Uyghur ethnic minority, a group that is reportedly restricted to interment camps, strictly monitored, and forced to perform labor.
—PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
An interment will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
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.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The government has placed DJI on this list due to its alleged role in the persecution of China's Uyghur ethnic minority, a group that is reportedly restricted to interment camps, strictly monitored, and forced to perform labor.
—PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interment
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Goldin’s parents spent 11 years spearheading a campaign to bring their son home for burial.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Jonathan Nackstrand | Afp | Getty Images An American startup, Deep Isolation Nuclear, is combining the underground burial concept with oil-and-gas fracking techniques.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
9 Nov. 2025
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Trump and Musk sat together at the funeral of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The defense and prosecution agreed those costs fall under the definition of funeral expenses, as identified in the plea deal.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Interment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interment. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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