decomposition

Mbodj said the four latest bodies were found in "a very advanced state of decomposition" and that authorisation had been requested to bury them on-site.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Many of the bodies are still unidentified, owing to their advanced state of decomposition.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Whether a location was a garden, meadow, cultivated field or lawn explained differences in decomposition better than most of the soil characteristics the researchers measured.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

The vast majority were "uncovered and in varying states of decomposition" and the funeral home was "dirty and unkempt".

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

But pathologists soon realized that too many variables—from the humidity in the air to the type of clothing on the corpse—affect the rate of decomposition to allow a precise calculation.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Their approach involves clever decompositions of the cube circumscribing the bicylinder. 

From Scientific American ● Jan. 6, 2018

Although this method is not seen very often in textbooks, we present it here as an alternative that may make some partial fraction decompositions easier.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015

We obtain the same values for and using either method, so the decompositions are the same using either method.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015

So it's not a moment; it's a process that actually begins when the heart stops and culminates in the complete loss of the body, the decompositions of all the cells.

From Time Magazine Archive

If a foal is brought up by hand the souring and other decompositions in the milk derange the digestion and cause such eruption.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener