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  • past participle of bury.
  • past tense form of bury.
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buried

[ber-eed] / ˈbɛr id /
ADJECTIVE
concealed
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Antonyms


ADJECTIVE
engrossed
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Traditionally they would be burned or buried in landfill but Project Re:Claim is trying to change that.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

And once the primary ended, the pair could have buried the hatchet permanently rather than letting the tensions simmer into the general election.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

Our critic praised the movie, calling it “Simmering and subtly cumulative . . . full of overwhelming anguish, buried beneath a masculine stoicism forever threatening to come undone.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Records show that Atavis was purchased by a doctor in Baltimore County, Maryland, at age 23 and stayed with the family after slavery ended and was buried in the family cemetery in 1874.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

“Look here, Turing, old sport, you won’t believe it, but remember that silver you buried in the woods?”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin


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