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Recent Examples of mortuary Cole said her daughter hoped to attend Florida State University and study mortuary science. Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022 Though the final product is well-suited for a mortuary, Braverman points out that the overall atmosphere could fit an array of spaces. Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 31 Oct. 2022 He is shown defeating Nubian and Asiatic foes—events echoed in the mortuary temple’s decorations. Bob Brier, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2022 Nearby, Hatshepsut built a shrine to the goddess in her mortuary temple featuring four capital columns with the goddess' human face. Lola Méndez, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for mortuary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortuary
Adjective
  • Last week's deadly shooting also heightens concerns of university safety protocols and security at public events.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The mid-air collision sent both aircraft hurtling into the Potomac River and left no survivors, becoming the deadliest airline crash in the country since 2001.
    Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There were flies in the kitchen and dead bugs in a utility sink.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Fine dead fuels throughout the fire area hit moistures of extinction while the heavy dead and down continued to smolder.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Young Hamnet’s shuffling off this mortal coil once laid the groundwork for a masterpiece.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Mephistopheles, dispatched by the Devil to serve Faustus, can’t help getting the better of his mortal master, like an infernal Jeeves—or, more to the point, like a handler in the intelligence racket, running an anxious agent in the field.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • One of the bottlenecks in frequency comb technology has been the high energy required for spectral broadening.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In the video above, Geralt goes head-to-spectral-head with a wraith.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Mortuary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortuary. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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