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resting place

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noun

  1. a place where someone or something rests, esp ( last resting place ) the grave

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Adding this much nuclear probably means the Pentagon and Energy Department work together to establish a reprocessing facility and final resting place for anything that can’t be recycled, usually only 4% of the spent fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

At Arlington National Cemetery, he visited the final resting place of many service personal killed in Iraq and Afghanistan wars where he himself served on two operational tours.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

A lot of the people interred there are from the Golden Age of Hollywood, and now it’s becoming a place where filmmakers and musicians and artists are considering for their final resting place.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

They say pissed off spirits wander in the night looking for their resting place.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

Would it stop when it reached the centre, its natural resting place?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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