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Recent Examples of sarcophagus
The team had already excavated the other three corners of a narrow tomb occupied by an imposing, unnamed sarcophagus.
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CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Solomon peppers his story with generational resentments and art-world posturing, while Soderbergh films the interiors of McKellen’s English townhouse like the inner workings of a sarcophagus.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Twelve years and three months after his death, Acutis’ body was exhumed and then placed in a wax covering, which was molded to look like him before his burial and he was then placed in a glass sarcophagus in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The reactor was later encased in a concrete and steel sarcophagus.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Solomon peppers his story with generational resentments and art-world posturing, while Soderbergh films the interiors of McKellen’s English townhouse like the inner workings of a sarcophagus.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Twelve years and three months after his death, Acutis’ body was exhumed and then placed in a wax covering, which was molded to look like him before his burial and he was then placed in a glass sarcophagus in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The reactor was later encased in a concrete and steel sarcophagus.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sarcophagus
Noun
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His parents picked out a blue casket adorned with a bronze baseball and glove.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
13 Feb. 2026
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The last piece depicts the same character in a casket and the sound that Marc developed is the same story, but with sounds.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Those two pieces of concrete evidence, in a game where votes are far too often decided on weird vibes, put the nail in Stephen’s coffin.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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On Friday, September 5, the coffin was moved to Kensington Palace; the following morning, she was buried at Althorp.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Many churches hold sunrise services, which symbolize the discovery of the empty tomb early in the morning.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
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Once at the hospital, Cermak reportedly uttered the line that is engraved on his tomb.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Sarcophagus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sarcophagus. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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