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Recent Examples of urn
The reliquary urn, which authorities say is a significant piece of Italian history and is registered with the Historical Artistic Heritage Items of the Italian Episcopal Conference, was stolen sometime in August 2022 from the church of San Michele Arcangelo di Cangiano.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Museum representatives said the urn cast too big a pall over tours.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
Typically made of terracotta, the pots are usually tall and urn-shaped, but shorter, wider options are also available.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Her dad, Matt Capelouto, keeps her ashes in a sky blue urn.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Museum representatives said the urn cast too big a pall over tours.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
Typically made of terracotta, the pots are usually tall and urn-shaped, but shorter, wider options are also available.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Her dad, Matt Capelouto, keeps her ashes in a sky blue urn.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urn
Noun
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Police escorted the protesters, who also carried a coffin.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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Archaeologists have previously identified mudbrick and limestone burial structures, fragments of coffins, inscribed limestone blocks, and a Roman-period coin.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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After the services, an American flag was draped on Kilduff's casket and it was placed on a firetruck outside the church while a sea of firefighters paid tribute.—
Penny Kmitt,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Kilduff’s casket rode to the church on a fire engine, while bagpipers played and thousands lined the streets.—
Boston Herald staff,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2026
Noun
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This month, the hospital granted rare access to reporters from the Associated Press, allowing them into rooms that lie on either side of the centerpiece of Les Invalides, a soaring mausoleum that holds Napoleon’s sarcophagus.—
Sylvie Corbet,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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This month, the hospital granted rare access to reporters from The Associated Press, allowing them into rooms that lie on either side of the centerpiece of Les Invalides, a soaring mausoleum that holds Napoleon's sarcophagus.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
Noun
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While lying in state, the coffin was placed not on an elevated bier, but facing the pews.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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Inside the 16th-century basilica, his casket won't be put on an elevated bier—as was the case with past popes—but will just be placed on the main alta, simply facing the pews.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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“Urn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urn. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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