as in grave
a final resting place for a dead person
explored the historic graveyard and saw tombs that dated back two centuries
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as in to bury
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity
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Recent Examples of tomb
Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The territory’s northern civilization of Nubia supplied much of the gold for ancient Babylon and Egypt, including for Tutankhamen’s tomb.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Noun
The pre-Christian tombs offer new insight into the religious beliefs of ancient people in the region.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The territory’s northern civilization of Nubia supplied much of the gold for ancient Babylon and Egypt, including for Tutankhamen’s tomb.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
In order to become proper Chinese third graders—to go all the way from Heaven to tomb—Natasha and Ariel needed to memorize a total of sixteen hundred characters.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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The pair first sampled spritz cookies from a recipe Grand found on Naomi Odessa Miller Dawson's grave in New York's Greenwood Cemetery.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Now, thanks to screaming — er, streaming — platforms Halloween hits rise from the grave every year.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
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Alongside Moore, coach Bill Petersen had the sod buried to commemorate the win, and a tradition was born.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Archaeologists concluded the structure was actually a false tomb, or a cenotaph, a type of burial monument erected to honor a deceased person buried elsewhere.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Originally an agricultural town, cemeteries began to take root in Colma after a 1901 ordinance banned new burials within San Francisco’s city limits, a decision driven by limited real estate and a booming population.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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Bereaved families weep at a mass burial held just after the cease-fire.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Odd Fellows Cemetery, where Sammy is interred, is the last such cemetery in Sacramento.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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She was later interred at Fairview Cemetery.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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National cemeteries will continue burials, and families can still apply for markers, headstones and burial benefits.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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There are at least 150 cemeteries inside the park, according to the book Cemeteries of the Smokies.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Enclave, Buick’s large, three-row crossover, has been redesigned for 2018, allowing the automaker to finally place its predecessor in a sepulchre and seal the entrance.—
Al Haas,
Philly.com,
28 June 2018
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The Garden Tomb, is believed by many to be the garden and sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea, and therefore a possible site of the resurrection of Jesus.—
Joe Yudin,
Town & Country,
5 Oct. 2016
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“Tomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomb. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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