REBURY Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

rebury

verb

Definition of rebury

as in to reinter

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Recent Examples of rebury History, spirituality, and the law collide as tribal repatriation specialists fight to return and rebury Indigenous human remains, offering a revealing look at the still-pervasive worldviews that justified collecting them in the first place. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026 Beginning Tuesday morning, the Prairie Island Indian Community held ceremonies to rebury the remains of 59 people and almost 500 sacred items. — Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025 The Descendant Community, who were awarded disposition of the remains, planned to rebury them at Forest Home Cemetery, beginning in November 2024. — Claire Reid, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2025 The team decided to rebury the tracks with fine sand until a detailed excavation was possible. — Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for rebury

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Ever since 2008, a group of residents here has been searching for a place to build a memorial and reinter the remains of African Americans whose nearby burial ground was taken over by municipal projects.

— Jane Margolies, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
Reburials are delayed while the state has yet to distribute money necessary to fix the cemeteries and reinter them in new graves.

— Longreads, Longreads, 9 Mar. 2022

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Hang curtains high and wide with fuller panels for depth, and embrace slow decorating by adding timeless pieces.

— Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
The more intimate spaces in the apartment are paneled in the same heavy black raw silk that was once used for a Dolce & Gabbana opera coat; even the windows are curtained in billowing drifts of black silk chiffon.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026

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Penne with Lentils and Feta Hearty and wholesome, this picnic pasta salad is loaded with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, lentils, salty cheese, and parsley, all cloaked in a light and bright red wine vinaigrette.

— Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 17 Sep. 2026
This wasn’t a real protection strategy; this was a symbolic update cloaked in the appearance of safety that ultimately breeds cynicism toward the brand.

— Titania Jordan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

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