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Recent Examples of urn
When her fight-or-flight instincts kick in, Alex quite rightly beats the daylights out of him with a silver coffee urn.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
The antique-esque finish of these urns is realistic enough to make guests do a double take, and ask: Is this vintage?
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2025
Honorary urn bearers were the Hutchinson Fire Department.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The time capsules in the urns won’t be opened until 2044.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
The antique-esque finish of these urns is realistic enough to make guests do a double take, and ask: Is this vintage?
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2025
Honorary urn bearers were the Hutchinson Fire Department.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The time capsules in the urns won’t be opened until 2044.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urn
Noun
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But Azzi Fudd began to put the nail in the coffin in the third quarter, dropping 11 of her 24 points in the frame.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The concussive sound of the first shovelful of dirt on the pine coffin, like the rending of the garment, shockingly tactile.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The detective is at a cemetery, where the police are exhuming a casket.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Consequently, as the Longacre exhumation shows, Polly was buried in Longacre’s casket, and Arthur couldn’t bear to strip his father of his dignity.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Think outside the box, or rather, the sarcophagus, and take your crush to the closest museum to sniff the mummies.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Orlok’s full reveal comes when Ellen’s (Lily-Rose Depp) husband Thomas (Nicholas Hoult) heads to the crypt and finds the sarcophagus.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The German microbrewery/restaurant has installed new TVs in its bier hall and at the bar for your viewing pleasure.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Senate may well have all been murdered on Lucilla’s weird, theater-y funeral bier.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
22 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Those kinds of things probably weren't very interesting to tomb robbers.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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For our group, this one opened a new world, just as wondrous as the temples and tombs of ancient Egypt.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Urn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urn. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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