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Recent Examples of mummy
Watch on Deadline That play, written with the prisoners by professional director Brent Buell, had everything from zombie mummies to Freddy Krueger.
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
Van Dalen explains that many centuries-old mummies of this kind were preserved naturally, their skin dehydrated by the hot climate.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
The method’s potential extends far beyond this study — from bog bodies to mummies and even ancient hormones — offering researchers an unprecedented toolkit for decoding the biological lives of our ancestors.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2025
The national museum in central Khartoum held close to 100,000 artifacts, dating back more than 4,500 years: mummies, sacred instruments and ancient tools from the Islamic, Christian and Meroitic eras of Sudanese history.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 16 May 2025
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
Van Dalen explains that many centuries-old mummies of this kind were preserved naturally, their skin dehydrated by the hot climate.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
The method’s potential extends far beyond this study — from bog bodies to mummies and even ancient hormones — offering researchers an unprecedented toolkit for decoding the biological lives of our ancestors.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2025
The national museum in central Khartoum held close to 100,000 artifacts, dating back more than 4,500 years: mummies, sacred instruments and ancient tools from the Islamic, Christian and Meroitic eras of Sudanese history.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mummy
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She is charged with murder, manslaughter, concealment of a human corpse, tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution for allegedly helping Strother clean up the bloody scene and stage the body.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Collins is similarly charged with tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Others are sounding the alarm on tech giants poaching AI founders and researchers and leaving behind carcasses of companies.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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More than 30 years ago, researcher Boris Sket found the carcasses of tailless whip scorpions on the limestone of a monastery on Cyprus near a natural spring, but didn’t collect any live animals and the species was never noted again, according to the study.—
Irene Wright
July 10,
Miami Herald,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Drone operators, cadaver dog handlers and volunteer search and rescue crews assisted in the search effort between February and June.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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The effort also includes a cadaver dog, the sheriff's office said Monday.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
21 July 2025
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Because public datasets rarely cover machine-shop edge cases, Lee’s group has spent years capturing high-resolution images of cutting tools, gathering sensor streams from 3-D printers and scanning operator manuals into a searchable corpus.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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The intention is for this corpus to be available to anyone who wants to use it, though likely with some sort of payment structure for commercial uses.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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“Mummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mummy. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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