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Recent Examples of urn
They have been beaten after only 11 days of cricket this time round, which is the joint quickest the urn has ever been lost.
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
An urn elicits feedback in seconds; a book, maybe never.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
Your furry companions are also included with the Loop FurEver urn available in two sizes for a small- or medium-sized pet, starting at $295.
—New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
Buffett’s daughter, Savannah, supported the idea and arranged the secret urn hand-off with McAnally.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
An urn elicits feedback in seconds; a book, maybe never.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
Your furry companions are also included with the Loop FurEver urn available in two sizes for a small- or medium-sized pet, starting at $295.
—New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
Buffett’s daughter, Savannah, supported the idea and arranged the secret urn hand-off with McAnally.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urn
Noun
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Dozens of people, including relatives, military officials and friends from Gvili’s police unit, received his coffin at an army post on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The service moved between prayer and music, including a traditional Ave Maria, before concluding with rites that saw mourners approach the coffin, which was draped in white lace, to pay their final respects.—
Maliha Shoaib,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Haul highlights include a footed pink alabaster casket box, a brass Art Nouveau hand mirror, and a vintage Emanuel Ungaro floral jacket.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2026
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Hamas kidnapped 251 people during its surprise attack, with 85 returning in caskets.—
Jordana Miller,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2026
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In a way, the old barrel filling house and the distillery’s cooperage function as an eerie sarcophagus for the bourbon industry’s downfall in the 1980s.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Dec. 2025
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The team had already excavated the other three corners of a narrow tomb occupied by an imposing, unnamed sarcophagus.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
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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
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Firemen in their command center calm the fears of the locals who call in, law enforcement tracks down tomb robbers, while in the port of Torre Annunziata, Syrian tankers unload Ukrainian grain.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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Located in San Pablo Huitzo, in the state of Oaxaca, the tomb was built by the Zapotec culture in around the year 600, according to a statement from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) last week.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Urn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urn. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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