as in reinterment
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Recent Examples of reburial
Dexter Wade was exhumed from a grave that bore only a number, for a formal funeral and reburial.
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Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2023
It is considered an auspicious time for destabilizing life changes — moves, renovations, reburials.
—Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Now, Native Americans whose ancestors’ remains ended up held for study in sterile, nondescript boxes on shelves in educational facilities or displayed in cultural locales hope a new Illinois law will speed their recovery for proper reburial in their homeland.
—John O’Connor and Melissa Perez Winder, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2023
The remains will be placed into new wooden boxes, as specified by the Historical Commission, for reburial.
—Joseph D. Bryant | Jbryant@al.com, al, 21 Aug. 2023
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Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2023
It is considered an auspicious time for destabilizing life changes — moves, renovations, reburials.
—Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Now, Native Americans whose ancestors’ remains ended up held for study in sterile, nondescript boxes on shelves in educational facilities or displayed in cultural locales hope a new Illinois law will speed their recovery for proper reburial in their homeland.
—John O’Connor and Melissa Perez Winder, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2023
The remains will be placed into new wooden boxes, as specified by the Historical Commission, for reburial.
—Joseph D. Bryant | Jbryant@al.com, al, 21 Aug. 2023
See all Example Sentences for reburial
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“Reburial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reburial. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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