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Recent Examples of urn
Museum representatives said the urn cast too big a pall over tours.
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
Typically made of terracotta, the pots are usually tall and urn-shaped, but shorter, wider options are also available.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Her dad, Matt Capelouto, keeps her ashes in a sky blue urn.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Illinois officers pulled over Dartavius Barnes and found a small urn in his vehicle.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
Typically made of terracotta, the pots are usually tall and urn-shaped, but shorter, wider options are also available.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Her dad, Matt Capelouto, keeps her ashes in a sky blue urn.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Illinois officers pulled over Dartavius Barnes and found a small urn in his vehicle.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urn
Noun
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Beginning in May 2026, a temporary exhibit will open to the public, for a year, so visitors can witness the coffin and the remains and learn about what her life and death revealed about the British Roman elite.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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Residue analysis has identified frankincense and gypsum within the coffin, and exotic resins in one of the glass vessels, offering a rare glimpse into how her body was treated after her death.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Noun
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As flags across the state remained at half-staff, Kempthorne’s casket arrived to the Capitol in a cream-white hearse escorted by a motorcade made up of Idaho State Police and Boise police officers.—
Darin Oswald,
Idaho Statesman,
15 May 2026
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Trainor's fiancée and mother, who sat nearby during the ceremony along with other family members, were presented with flags that draped his casket.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
Noun
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This month, the hospital granted rare access to reporters from the Associated Press, allowing them into rooms that lie on either side of the centerpiece of Les Invalides, a soaring mausoleum that holds Napoleon’s sarcophagus.—
Sylvie Corbet,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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This month, the hospital granted rare access to reporters from The Associated Press, allowing them into rooms that lie on either side of the centerpiece of Les Invalides, a soaring mausoleum that holds Napoleon's sarcophagus.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
Noun
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While lying in state, the coffin was placed not on an elevated bier, but facing the pews.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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Inside the 16th-century basilica, his casket won't be put on an elevated bier—as was the case with past popes—but will just be placed on the main alta, simply facing the pews.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There, surrounding his tomb, visitors will find walls covered in some of Goya’s finest frescoes, restored to their vivid, original pigment tones, along with the church interior and building structure itself, reports the Times of London.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
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Hue, Vietnam Ornate palaces, pavilions, statues and royal tombs are waiting to be explored in Hue.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
13 May 2026
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“Urn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urn. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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