as in grave
a final resting place for a dead person
explored the historic graveyard and saw tombs that dated back two centuries
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as in to bury
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity
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Recent Examples of tomb
Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
The Etruscans, a pre-Roman group who resided in the area in the first millennium B.C.E., left behind tombs, a pyramid and miscellaneous structures.
—Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Noun
Its production was depicted on wall murals in ancient Egyptian tombs in 2000 BC, and traces of the practice in Europe date back almost 7,000 years, but scientists say the Tarim Basin samples are the oldest samples of cheese actually found.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
The Etruscans, a pre-Roman group who resided in the area in the first millennium B.C.E., left behind tombs, a pyramid and miscellaneous structures.
—Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
In order to become proper Chinese third graders—to go all the way from Heaven to tomb—Natasha and Ariel needed to memorize a total of sixteen hundred characters.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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To make the moment more solemn, David suggests borrowing from the Jewish ritual of laying a stone on top of a grave, and places one near the threshold.Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
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How fast a body decays within a grave is controlled by temperature, humidity, oxygen levels, water availability, the acidity of the surrounding substrate, the chemical composition of the corpse, and the presence or lack of certain microorganisms.David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Some family members choose to bury their heads in the sand and blame the victim rather than the offender.Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Daniel Hunter, founder of Choose Democracy, an organization that provides resources to help Americans prepare for an undemocratic power grab, says his experience in activism has taught him that the solution isn’t to bury your head in the sand or jump to the worst-case scenario.Allie Volpe, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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One Navy veteran will also receive a traditional burial at sea, and additional urns will be reunited with family in Rhode Island, New York, and Maine.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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With millennials leading chills, composting bills that expand the legalization of Natural Organic Reduction have been passed in 12 states, leading to greater ubiquity of green burial options at funeral homes.Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
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She was initially interred in a vault beneath the cemetery’s chapel, Selzer says, but was buried in the Willowmere section, Lot 10-16 Sub C, Grave 3 in 1953 —the same year her 41-room mansion at 1000 N. Lake Shore Drive was demolished.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Reynoso’s husband, who remains hopeful her body will be found, initially planned to inter her in Mexico but later decided her body, if found, will stay in Tennessee.Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
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These arches, made mainly of flowers, palm leaves, cane, and colored paper, are erected both at the entrances of homes and in cemeteries.Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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Geological factors still play a role in finding a suitable site for a cemetery.David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The Enclave, Buick’s large, three-row crossover, has been redesigned for 2018, allowing the automaker to finally place its predecessor in a sepulchre and seal the entrance.Al Haas, Philly.com, 28 June 2018
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The Garden Tomb, is believed by many to be the garden and sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea, and therefore a possible site of the resurrection of Jesus.Joe Yudin, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
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“Tomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomb. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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