inurned

verb

past tense of inurn
as in interred

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  1. interred
  2. buried
  3. entombed
  4. enshrined
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  • On June 26 of this year, Bloch, a Jew who identified as such only when dealing with anti-Semites, was interred in the Pantheon, the final resting place of so many of France’s great literary and cultural figures.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
  • If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
Definition of interred
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  • Massive amounts of rocks and soil roared down a slope and buried more than 10 residential buildings early Friday in Pengshui County on the outskirts of Chongqing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • After careful physical analysis of six ancient princesses buried beneath the pyramids at Dahshur, researchers now have an answer.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
Definition of buried
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  • Spontaneous applause erupted — and even some tears were shed — at the battered parking structure where Gil had been entombed since the two temblors struck within seconds of each other on June 24.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Hall today is entombed at the Signers’ Monument in Augusta alongside Walton.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of entombed
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  • Each summit is meant to showcase the commitment to collective security — the all-for-one, one-for-all pledge enshrined in Article 5 of NATO’s treaty.
    — Lorne Cook, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • Trump sought to limit the long-standing constitutional principle – enshrined in the 14th Amendment in 1868 and upheld by the Supreme Court in 1898 – that those born in the United States are citizens.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 July 2026
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