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Recent Examples of sarcophagus
The team had already excavated the other three corners of a narrow tomb occupied by an imposing, unnamed sarcophagus.
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CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Solomon peppers his story with generational resentments and art-world posturing, while Soderbergh films the interiors of McKellen’s English townhouse like the inner workings of a sarcophagus.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Twelve years and three months after his death, Acutis’ body was exhumed and then placed in a wax covering, which was molded to look like him before his burial and he was then placed in a glass sarcophagus in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The reactor was later encased in a concrete and steel sarcophagus.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Solomon peppers his story with generational resentments and art-world posturing, while Soderbergh films the interiors of McKellen’s English townhouse like the inner workings of a sarcophagus.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Twelve years and three months after his death, Acutis’ body was exhumed and then placed in a wax covering, which was molded to look like him before his burial and he was then placed in a glass sarcophagus in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
The reactor was later encased in a concrete and steel sarcophagus.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sarcophagus
Noun
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The last piece depicts the same character in a casket and the sound that Marc developed is the same story, but with sounds.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Oklahoma doesn't regulate casket design or casket manufacturing.—
Dale Denwalt,
Oklahoman,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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On Friday, September 5, the coffin was moved to Kensington Palace; the following morning, she was buried at Althorp.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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Mourners carried his coffin in the town of Bani Walid, 91 miles southeast of the capital, Tripoli, as well as large photographs of both Seif al-Islam, who was known mostly by his first name, and his father.—
Yousef Murad,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Even so, someone fired gunshots into the tomb, shattering part of the structure.—
Daniel Wilkerson,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Devotees often visit their tombs to seek a miraculous intervention.—
Vanessa Corcoran,
The Conversation,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Sarcophagus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sarcophagus. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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