as in burial
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
The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
In 2012 and 2022, the discovery of a royal tomb containing an astonishing 58 elite females, 1,300 artifacts, six human sacrifices, and the burials of elite craftsmen alongside gold, silver, and bronze tools brought the site international attention.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026
Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
—Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
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Noun
Sometimes a deep cavity close to a tooth’s nerve can be sealed off, a little like an Egyptian tomb, in an approach called selective caries removal.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
In 2012 and 2022, the discovery of a royal tomb containing an astonishing 58 elite females, 1,300 artifacts, six human sacrifices, and the burials of elite craftsmen alongside gold, silver, and bronze tools brought the site international attention.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026
Verb
The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
—Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomb
Noun
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The ancient Jewish burial practice of leaving visitation stones at a gravesite has many interpretations, but is often used as a form of remembrance.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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One unsafe burial can seed hundreds of cases.—
Tom Frieden,
STAT,
6 June 2026
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Keep the language concrete and avoid burying the point under explanation.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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This is a racist absurdity in addition to being an impossible read of the Constitution, which is perhaps why the Roberts Court has buried it under so many layers of obfuscation.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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Military officials recovered the remains from around 11,000 graves at cemeteries in the country after the war for identification.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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No caveats or asterisks for the team that’s become the NBA’s grave-digging undertaker.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2026
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Although the 78 skeletons found piled atop one another in Vráble could suggest some kind of massacre took place, the researchers said their analyses so far indicate they were deliberately interred that way, potentially as part of a Neolithic cultural tradition.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Dad’s passing last December at age 96 meant this month’s holiday was a first with Dad being with his parents and siblings and other family interred at our small-town Catholic cemetery.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Set on six acres in the Savannah Historic District, the cemetery often feels like a shaded urban park.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Among the most vocal were members of the Rosa Bonheur Society, a group that has maintained and preserved the cemetery since 2007.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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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 11 Jun. 2026.
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