human remains
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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Albanese insisted on Monday that the possibility of recovering human remains in Gaza was far from theoretical.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Her friend Noel De Leon suggested the low water levels at Lake Mead contributed to the recovery of the potential human remains.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Visitors at Boulder Beach would stumble on human remains on three different occasions from July to August 2022 that authorities said all belonged to the same person, Claude Russell Pensinger, a Las Vegas resident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
By examining the placement of human remains and burial objects, the researchers reconstructed how generations of people repeatedly adapted the chamber for new burials.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Careful searches of cliffs near and far, however, have failed to unearth any human remains.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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