cremation

Example Sentences

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After decades working in mortuaries, a campaigner hopes to provide the UK's first human composting service as an alternative to cremation or burial.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

While it does not oppose cremation, it does ban scattering of ashes.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Druid Kristoffer Hughes, who recently returned from the US where terramation is legal in several states, said he believed the practice could offer a "deeply ecological and spiritually meaningful" alternative to cremation or burial.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Morgan attended Jensen-Lee's funeral and cremation on 24 May, 2024.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

His cremation was attended by all the boxers in Bengal.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy