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Recent Examples of mummy
The Bowers has featured major exhibits, including Egyptian mummies and China’s Terracotta Warriors.
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Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
See it The mummies were created by the Dani and Pumo people who live in the highlands of the Indonesia side of Papua, according to the study.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Since before the days of mummies in Ancient Egypt, human burial sites have been largely seen as sacred.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
While installing new pipes in Lima, Peru, utility workers stumbled upon a pre-Inca burial: a mummy of a child between ages 10 and 15, who had been resting undisturbed for 1,000 years.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
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Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
See it The mummies were created by the Dani and Pumo people who live in the highlands of the Indonesia side of Papua, according to the study.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Since before the days of mummies in Ancient Egypt, human burial sites have been largely seen as sacred.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
While installing new pipes in Lima, Peru, utility workers stumbled upon a pre-Inca burial: a mummy of a child between ages 10 and 15, who had been resting undisturbed for 1,000 years.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mummy
Noun
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Any other creation theory – hollow Earth, flat Earth, mud collection, hanging cord, corpse reuse, dreamtime, biosphere as gemstone in the ring of a galactic giant, please insert alternative here.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the kitchen, the inspector counted 22 roach corpses, 15 of them on the floor around fryers where three survivors roamed.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The property has a special kind of refined, vintage charm, replete with relics like a retro annunciator panel and fun shower tiles that share facts about the city’s history in every bathroom.—
Cat Sposato,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
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In the years since, the battle’s decisive tactics have been closely studied, but archaeologists from the University of Glasgow and the National Trust for Scotland recently discovered an array of physical relics from the deadly conflict.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Grab them from the bottom, and a cloud of fruit flies and stink rises from the carcass turning to mush in your hands.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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These areas are under carcass transportation and baiting restrictions to monitor and contain CWD, officials said.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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After removing and sifting through 250 yards of dirt, cadaver dogs altered authorities to human remains, but none were found, Huff told reporters then.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Oct. 2025
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Other than Hogan and Worden, Gein’s subjects were all exhumed cadavers, though he is suspected to have been involved in the disappearance of additional women and girls from the area.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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The book surveys Kant’s huge corpus, including his work on metaphysics, epistemology, nature, religion, politics, and international relations.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
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As a result, Peyton and Osuna have begun filing more habeas-corpus cases, which require them to convince a judge that their clients have been unlawfully detained.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Mummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mummy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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