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Recent Examples of crypt
His coffin was placed inside the crypt of the church.
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Later, she was buried in the royal crypt behind the main altar of the cathedral, per The Washington Post.
—Makena Gera, People.com, 13 Sep. 2025
He is buried in a crypt at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Justice, not far from his parents and two sisters.
—Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Wine enthusiasts will appreciate Cas da Mata’s underground wine crypt, capable of storing up to 1,800 bottles.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Later, she was buried in the royal crypt behind the main altar of the cathedral, per The Washington Post.
—Makena Gera, People.com, 13 Sep. 2025
He is buried in a crypt at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Justice, not far from his parents and two sisters.
—Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Wine enthusiasts will appreciate Cas da Mata’s underground wine crypt, capable of storing up to 1,800 bottles.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crypt
Noun
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An extensive list of notable tombs can be found at the Colma Historical Museum on Hillside Boulevard.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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The tomb dates back to the 9th century BCE.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Offload expiring deals and build up a vault of draft capital to build with in the offseason.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, when colonizers attempted to burn all evidence of Nkrumah’s time as a revolutionary leader, Hesse snuck his reels out of Ghana, and into a London vault, where the footage has spent decades inside, waiting to be digitized.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Children play among headstones, and locals see ornate mausoleums daily on their way to run errands; the graveyards woven into public life as parks and libraries are in other cities.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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State law limits how California’s 256 public cemetery districts can make money, prohibiting them from selling memorial markers or mausoleums and offering mortuary or cremation services.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Crypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crypt. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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