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as in tomb
a final resting place for a dead person
opened the sepulture and examined the mummy
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as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed
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Related article Clashes erupt in western India as Hindu groups demand demolition of Mughal ruler’s tomb Modi’s BJP denies using the Mughal emperor’s name to defame India’s Muslims.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025 -
See inside In Linfen, China, archaeologists uncovered a Yuan Dynasty tomb with a domed ceiling adorned with murals.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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Researchers from the Institute of Archaeology at Poland’s University of Wroclaw discovered the burials last fall within the El Curaca archaeological site, near Peru’s Pacific coast.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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Many of those killed in Baniyas were buried in a mass grave under the supervision of government security personnel, according to residents who were at the burials as well as photographs and videos of the site verified by The Times.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Ramirez and his colleagues unearthed the grave of an adult buried beneath the patio, in a tomb with limestone walls and a stucco floor.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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As the location of the graves of Edgar Degas, Pierre Cardin, Emile Zola, and Jeanne Moreau, among many other luminaries, this institution has a unique place in France’s artistic heritage.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2025
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The pilot received the same funeral that the ship would have given one of its own sailors.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Presumably, Obama was referring to skipping Donald Trump’s inauguration as well as the funeral for former president Jimmy Carter.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Sepulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepulture. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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