as in to put away
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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.
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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
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
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All three were put away with sliders.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Laundry — the end-to-end folding and putting away — is genuinely, profoundly hard.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Dad’s passing last December at age 96 meant this month’s holiday was a first with Dad being with his parents and siblings and other family interred at our small-town Catholic cemetery.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Lloyd and his wife, Lynne Dewar Lloyd, will be interred together at the Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Lafayette.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
Verb
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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
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Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea.—
Brigit Katz,
Smithsonian,
3 Mar. 2017
Verb
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Keep the language concrete and avoid burying the point under explanation.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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This is a racist absurdity in addition to being an impossible read of the Constitution, which is perhaps why the Roberts Court has buried it under so many layers of obfuscation.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
Verb
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The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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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
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Because of that, several community leaders want to enshrine key parts of the agreement in local law.—
Topher Sanders,
ProPublica,
2 June 2026
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox coalition partners pushed for the bill’s passage over the Knesset’s failure to enshrine into law an exemption that would allow ultra-Orthodox men to avoid Israel’s mandatory military service.—
Aditi Sangal,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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“Inurn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inurn. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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