as in to reinter
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Recent Examples of rebury
In 2023, a new state law was passed at the urging of the museum to remove potential barriers to repatriation and allow land to be set aside for reburying the ancestral remains of Native Americans.
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Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 2 Feb. 2024
Sometimes squirrels will even excavate and then rebury their nuts.
—Emma Bryce, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2023
Lawmakers in Ohio and Illinois passed legislation this year with the aim of removing barriers to repatriation for the museums and tribes alike, while allowing land to be set aside to rebury the thousands of ancestors in each state.
—Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 26 Dec. 2023
The Wabanaki tribal nations — an alliance of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet and Mi’kmaq — wanted to rebury the ancestral remains.
—Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 4 Dec. 2023
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Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 2 Feb. 2024
Sometimes squirrels will even excavate and then rebury their nuts.
—Emma Bryce, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2023
Lawmakers in Ohio and Illinois passed legislation this year with the aim of removing barriers to repatriation for the museums and tribes alike, while allowing land to be set aside to rebury the thousands of ancestors in each state.
—Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 26 Dec. 2023
The Wabanaki tribal nations — an alliance of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet and Mi’kmaq — wanted to rebury the ancestral remains.
—Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 4 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebury
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Ever since 2008, a group of residents here has been searching for a place to build a memorial and reinter the remains of African Americans whose nearby burial ground was taken over by municipal projects.—
Jane Margolies,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2022
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Reburials are delayed while the state has yet to distribute money necessary to fix the cemeteries and reinter them in new graves.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
9 Mar. 2022
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New suite features include custom AH Beard king beds curtained in fine linen, chaise longues, and personal bars stocked with New Zealand wines and beers, local craft sodas, and regional products, including chocolate and triple-cream Brie.—
Kendall Hill,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2025
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With half an hour to curtain, Purce slips into 1920s vaudeville.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Posted three weeks ahead of the movie’s theatrical release, the trailer opens with Cyrus cloaked in a black ensemble and wearing a bright red lip, staring intensely into the camera.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
22 May 2025
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Bigotry is still bigotry, hate is still hate, and violence is still violence, even when it's cloaked in progressive language.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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“Rebury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebury. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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