interment
Example Sentences
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When he learned of Lanchester's interment, during the course of his regular research into historic death certificates, he decided she would be his next memorial project.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
Someone who exhumed a recent interment without that knowledge might well have discovered something difficult to explain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
His funeral ceremony at the National Cathedral will be held the following day — which President Biden has decreed a national day of mourning — followed by a private interment in his Georgia hometown, Plains.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025
“This moment,” said the Rev. Jesse Wendell Mapson, a local pastor involved in planning the commemoration and interment of the 19, “has not come without some pain, discomfort and tension.”
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024
Cora reached for her hair before realizing that after her interment there was no improving her appearance.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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