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or mausolea
as in monuments
a stone building with places for the dead bodies of several people or the body of an important person
The cemetery has many mausoleums for some of the cites most notable families.
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Recent Examples of mausoleums
Here, slowly being swallowed by vegetation and worn down by time, are gigantic mausoleums, vast underground cisterns, temples, imposing city walls and a breathtaking theater perched, like Machu Picchu, on a hilltop that offers views stretching for miles all around.
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Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleums
Noun
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Federal parks and monuments would close, for example, and staff deemed to be essential — like Transportation Security Administration officers and air traffic controllers — must work without pay, Ryan wrote.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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National parks, museums, and monuments typically close, and hundreds of thousands of federal employees are placed on furlough.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Research on ancient Egypt is largely biased toward the elite, whose spectacular tombs, monuments, and artifacts have been the dominant focus.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Instead of houses or shops, this was lined with the tombs of Termessos’ rich and mighty.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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One of the graves was located next to where his mother, Augusta Gein, was buried.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Ed Gein, who became infamous for crimes committed in rural Plainfield, Wisconsin, admitted to the killing of two women and stealing corpses from graves.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Mausoleums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleums. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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