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Recent Examples of columbarium
Her remains are stored in one of a series of ornate lockers in the columbarium of a Buddhist temple in Hsinchu, second from the bottom, just a few feet away from my uncle, her son.
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Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Next to the chapel is a columbarium, a repository for the ashes of select members of the congregation.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2024
The challenges of life at Community First In the middle of Community First is a memorial garden with the ashes of dozens of residents who have died, their names etched into a granite columbarium.
—Lucy Tompkins Eli Durst, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
His grave is near the path dividing the southernmost section of the cemetery from the columbarium wall, where the urns are housed.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
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Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Next to the chapel is a columbarium, a repository for the ashes of select members of the congregation.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2024
The challenges of life at Community First In the middle of Community First is a memorial garden with the ashes of dozens of residents who have died, their names etched into a granite columbarium.
—Lucy Tompkins Eli Durst, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
His grave is near the path dividing the southernmost section of the cemetery from the columbarium wall, where the urns are housed.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for columbarium
Noun
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Authorities said doors have been stolen from mausoleums in seven cemeteries in Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware and Montgomery counties, WPVI reported.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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He is buried in his family’s mausoleum at Unity Cemetery in his hometown of Latrobe, Penn.—
Makena Gera,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Many famous Argentines rest in this labyrinthine city of the dead, brimming with more than 6,400 elaborate, over-the-top mausoleums, crypts, statues, and tombs as stylish and sophisticated as Porteños themselves.—
Blane Bachelor,
AFAR Media,
12 Feb. 2025
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In the crypt where St. Anthony was born, there is a contemporary tile panel illustrating a 1982 visit to the church by Pope John Paul II.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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In response, Trump allies have dug through the vault to hit them with their own words.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Apr. 2025
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In times of rising tension, governments need more gold in their vaults.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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At Dark Universe, a land that harnesses Universal’s horror history, a ride called Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment takes guests deep into the catacombs of Frankenstein Manor, where Dr. Victoria Frankenstein conducts experiments.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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The building's basement was a 20,000-square-foot underground area, commonly known as the catacombs, that was used for things like storage, transport and drying meat.—
Justin L. Mack,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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Those kinds of things probably weren't very interesting to tomb robbers.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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For our group, this one opened a new world, just as wondrous as the temples and tombs of ancient Egypt.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Thousands of homes and a sprawl of entire neighborhoods were transformed into outdoor charnel houses.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
10 Jan. 2025
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Thousands of homes and a sprawl of entire neighborhoods were transformed into outdoor charnel houses.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
10 Jan. 2025
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During the immediate postwar decades, veterans and their families began to establish veterans' cemeteries, hold memorial services for the dead, build monuments, conduct unit reunions and organize veterans' groups.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2025
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In modern-day Turkey, a cemetery dating to the early Bronze Age holds burials full of luxurious goods—and numerous human sacrifices.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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Read Next World Soldier unearths 2,600-year-old burial site, Greek artifacts in Ukraine.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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Only a few miles from Selena's burial site, a monument opened in her honor on May 25, 1997.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Columbarium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columbarium. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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