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Recent Examples of carcass
First, an animal’s carcass is found, eviscerated in a way no predator could.
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Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The collar had been cut off and thrown into a tree, but park rangers did not find the wolf's carcass, according to FWP.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026
Notably, a 2025 study published in Nature Communications observed that baleen whale migration (including gray whales) facilitates the transportation of essential nutrients — from their placenta, carcasses and even their urea — between polar feeding grounds and tropical breeding areas.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The spider doppelgängers are made of prey carcasses, plant debris, and other organic materials.
—Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The collar had been cut off and thrown into a tree, but park rangers did not find the wolf's carcass, according to FWP.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026
Notably, a 2025 study published in Nature Communications observed that baleen whale migration (including gray whales) facilitates the transportation of essential nutrients — from their placenta, carcasses and even their urea — between polar feeding grounds and tropical breeding areas.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The spider doppelgängers are made of prey carcasses, plant debris, and other organic materials.
—Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcass
corpse
Noun
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The corpse abuse revelations spurred changes to Colorado’s lax funeral home regulations.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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The world outside Silo residents have little idea what's outside, because their video feed shows nothing but scrub, dead trees, and the corpses of deceased cleaners — everything else is obscured by the incline strategically placed around the entrance to the bunker.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Carcass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcass. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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