interments

plural of interment
as in burials
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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burials
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  • The burials at Skhul also call for a reevaluation of the development of culture in early humans, Hershkovitz said.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Early in the Gaza genocide, there were so many people killed that individual burials were no longer possible, and traditional burial cloths had run out.
    Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Interments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interments. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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