cremation

Example Sentences

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Near a white tent, about a hundred empty urns awaited ashes of the dead after cremation.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

The firm also owns Batesville, a company that makes caskets and cremation urns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

The options go way beyond burial and cremation.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Because cremation destroys much of the biological material scientists typically study, this era has long been difficult to investigate in detail.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

I'd forgotten about the hair that Uncle Harm clipped before Baba's cremation.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins