as in monument
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 mausoleum
Explore its more than 13,000 burials, 9,000 monuments, and 12 family mausoleums.
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Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
The Baroque style palace is still used as a family home, mausoleum and national monument.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Anticipation filled the air Monday as a team of professional movers, overseen by a Chinese official from the mausoleum site museum, unscrewed the final bolts from blue shipping containers containing the artifacts.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Teddi, 43, revealed on the most recent episode of her Two Ts in a Pod podcast (co-hosted by fellow Housewives alum Tamra Judge) that a prior phone conversation with her 73-year-old singer-songwriter father led to planning her final resting place in the family's Indiana mausoleum.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
The Baroque style palace is still used as a family home, mausoleum and national monument.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Anticipation filled the air Monday as a team of professional movers, overseen by a Chinese official from the mausoleum site museum, unscrewed the final bolts from blue shipping containers containing the artifacts.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Teddi, 43, revealed on the most recent episode of her Two Ts in a Pod podcast (co-hosted by fellow Housewives alum Tamra Judge) that a prior phone conversation with her 73-year-old singer-songwriter father led to planning her final resting place in the family's Indiana mausoleum.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleum
Noun
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Due to the number and size of the monuments damaged, police believe multiple suspects are responsible.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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The monument is expected to be completed in time for the nationwide celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026.—
Mary Carole McCauley,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Aug. 2025
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That includes 100,000 artifacts, one of which will be the famed tomb of King Tutankhamun; the entire collection of Tut’s tomb will be on display for the first time since its discovery back in 1922.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
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The exact size of the tombs was not provided but, based on photos from the excavation, the structures are roughly child-sized.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
5 Aug. 2025
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In the years since Trump pulled off his shocking upset victory over Hillary Clinton, the Democrats have been laboring under a series of myths about themselves and Trump that have compelled them to continue digging their own graves.—
Isaac Schorr,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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He’s buried in an unmarked grave at the foot of the Skull Tree.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Mausoleum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleum. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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