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as in interred
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday
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2
as in concealed
to put into a hiding place
buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident
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as in bombed
to defeat by a large margin
if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us
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Recent Examples of buried
Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
Some of the settings are buried a bit in new menus.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
The land would later become the Iberian Peninsula, and the valley the creature stood would be buried deep in the rocks of Portugal.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
In many cases, key details are still buried in PDFs or email threads instead of structured databases.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Kyron Chambers also left TCU after the 2022 season to head over to University Park, but Chambers has been a reserve buried down in the rotation since making the move.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
Her husband will be buried in the country.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
His family later held a private funeral, and he was buried on June 8, 2018, at the Skogskyrkogården cemetery in Stockholm.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 31 Dec. 2024
Where will Jimmy Carter be buried?
—Madeleine Janz, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Much of this prehistoric area is buried underwater today, but not all of it.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
Some of the settings are buried a bit in new menus.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
The land would later become the Iberian Peninsula, and the valley the creature stood would be buried deep in the rocks of Portugal.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
In many cases, key details are still buried in PDFs or email threads instead of structured databases.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Kyron Chambers also left TCU after the 2022 season to head over to University Park, but Chambers has been a reserve buried down in the rotation since making the move.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
Her husband will be buried in the country.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
His family later held a private funeral, and he was buried on June 8, 2018, at the Skogskyrkogården cemetery in Stockholm.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 31 Dec. 2024
Where will Jimmy Carter be buried?
—Madeleine Janz, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buried
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More to Explore Speleologists found Mörk’s remains and interred them in the Eisriesenwelt in 1925.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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For instance, the young woman interred in burial 211 described above is one of several women and children buried with stone axes at the site, upending the notion that axes only belonged to Stone Age men.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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There are three other food and beverage venues, including El Secreto, a hidden salon and bar, quietly concealed behind an unmarked door on the hotel’s second floor, and La Cava, the adjacent emerald-toned jewel that is Faena’s wine cellar, an intimate setting for unforgettable private gatherings.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
AFAR Media,
15 Sep. 2025
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Like Seagram's glass walls that revealed rather than concealed, these systems must maintain transparency in their recommendations, augmenting rather than replacing clinical judgment.—
Dr. Taha Kass-Hout,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The day before, Israel had bombed Iran, opening yet another front in the apartheid state’s war against its Muslim neighbors, and the Clarks were concerned about the situation.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Invita Cafe, a San Diego coffee shop, is being scrutinized and review-bombed on social media for pro-Charlie Kirk posts and products as part of a broader national response on both sides of the political aisle to last week's assassination of the conservative commentator.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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How To Play Wordle Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The next week, a lighthouse keeper reported seeing the masts of the King protruding from the water in the shipping lane — an important clue regarding where the King lay hidden.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These days, the healthy beverage of choice is more likely to be a protein-and-collagen smoothie or a matcha latte whipped with some sort of non-dairy milk.—
Lorena Meouchi,
Vogue,
19 Sep. 2025
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The tight end completed a pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes for a 37-yard score in the fourth quarter and whipped out some moves in the end zone to celebrate.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Wilcox’s defenses have multiple fronts using four and three down linemen, stemming on the same play and disguised coverages.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025
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Our children and grandchildren will also likely face these same disguised attempts for decades to come—if there is anything left to protect, that is.—
Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Moyes’s game plan required the forward to hold the ball up, but he was smothered so effectively by Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk from the start.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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Crispy wings smothered in Mike’s Hot Honey.—
Endia Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But amid the hype around European defense, Muirhead conceded that the exit trajectory for many startups in the sector remains shrouded in uncertainty.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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The number of quasars over the region of space examined by the team indicate that the population of shrouded quasars is similar to that of unhidden quasars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Buried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buried. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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