Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urns
Noun
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They were given 45 minutes to get as many coffins into graves as possible.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Officials stood quietly as Swiss police pallbearers carried the coffins through a line of firefighters and soldiers to an Italian air force C-130 cargo plane.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The caskets, covered in Iranian flags, stood stacked at least three high.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Archeological studies have suggested that cliff-face and cave-based burials here may stretch back as far as 2,000 years, though these old caskets no longer exist on their elevated resting spots.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Between 2022 and 2024, the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology excavated a series of ancient tombs in the Jiali Village of Zi’an.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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On the moors, cliffs, and hills there are wind farms; oil terminals; small farms, some of which have been there for many centuries; ruined medieval churches and hermitages; and prehistoric settlements, tombs, and monuments.—
Sarah Moss,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Urns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urns. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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