inurn

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Recent Examples of inurn The proposal also would end burial eligibility for military retirees but still allow them to be inurned above ground, according to a comparison of the new proposals and current rules on the cemetery’s website. BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019 The proposal also would end burial eligibility for military retirees but still allow them to be inurned aboveground, according to a comparison of the new proposals and current rules on the cemetery’s website. Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019 Virginia will be cremated and inurned in the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC with her husband. Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inurn
Verb
  • Don't put away those winter coats just yet.
    Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Passengers aboard an Etihad flight out of Abu Dhabi were ordered by crew members to put away their cameras when a flight was evacuated before takeoff during a missile alert.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Two years after her husband died, Celina Gonzalez had his remains interred in a San Diego cemetery.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The annual event, held at the Memorial to the Six Million, also marked the site's 61st observance—a space considered sacred by many, where human ashes from Dachau and other Holocaust artifacts are interred.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In the touring production presented by Broadway in Boston and inhumed at the Citizens Bank Opera House through May 14, the life we’re given gets all the bells and whistles, not to mention props and wisecracks.
    James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017
Verb
  • Bishop acquired the property, intending to preserve the inactive cemetery as a memorial site for the military veterans buried there, some dating back to the Civil War.
    Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Three other Syrian relatives were also killed in the Ain Mreisseh strike and were buried on Saturday in the town of al-Shuhail in Deir el-Zour, after the family split upon returning to Syria.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
    Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
Verb
  • Investigative grand juries cannot return indictments against defendants, but they are often used to enshrine evidence and subpoena witnesses for a future criminal proceeding.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Collins was previously enshrined in 2010 as a member of Genesis, while Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan made the cut during their first year on the ballot.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 14 Apr. 2026

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“Inurn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inurn. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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