mummy

noun

Definition of mummynext
as in corpse

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Recent Examples of mummy Discovery tales → Scientists found new clues inside the remains of a 5,300-year-old mummy. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026 Tune in to this week’s episode to learn more about this yummy mummy! — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 17 June 2026 Though the mummy shows no signs of damage, this discovery raises concerns about its future safety and conservation. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 8 June 2026 Life, uh, finds a way Sarhan and his colleagues also found traces of a soil bacterium called Pseudomonas, which has probably also been with Ötzi at least since death, in nearly all of the samples from the mummy, as well as the soil taken from near his body on the glacier. — ArsTechnica, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mummy
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  1. corpse
  2. relics
  3. carcass
  4. cadaver
  5. corpus
Noun
  • In three tracks—two tentpoles separated by an ambient interlude—the EP blatantly evokes a period in the mid-’90s when, across Europe, guys in corpse paint started playing around with Korg workstations.
    — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
  • They have both been charged with tampering with or fabricating evidence and abuse of a corpse, according to court records.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of corpse
Noun
  • The presentation positioned Zelda products almost as relics representing an ancient myth passed down through history.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Behind the reception desk, a wall of 109 wooden pigeonholes doubles as an art installation, with some compartments displaying replicas of the property's original room keys and others filled with nautical relics reflecting Naples's coastal allure.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of relics
Noun
  • Traditional surveys of carcasses along roadways have shown that crossings do reduce wildlife collisions.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Scores of the calf carcasses have been washing ashore around Peninsula Valdes, a major breeding ground for southern right whales in Argentina’s Chubut province.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of carcass
Noun
  • Several searches covering approximately 110 acres have been conducted around Terrapin Trail Garage, using drones, cadaver dogs and dozens of first responders, according to police.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Sheriff’s cadaver dogs, deputies with shovels and a backhoe were seen at work.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cadaver
Noun
  • Suffolk more than accommodated this corpus of experience while at the same time enabling me to refine my interests courtesy of its humanizing curriculum.
    — David Shribman, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2026
  • This story has been updated to include the writ of habeus corpus filed by the Tates’ legal team on Wednesday.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of corpus

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