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Cosmic vampire blows its top White dwarfs are the stellar corpses that are created when stars with around the same mass of the sun run out of hydrogen in their cores.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Adeline Ngan-Binh Bui, 50, was charged with one count of state-jail felony abuse of a corpse and five counts of second-degree felony tampering with governmental records with intent to defraud or harm.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Eventually, the corpse became a traveling attraction, appearing in carnivals, museums, and even as a prop in films, until it was discovered hanging in a California amusement park in 1976.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
White dwarfs, conversely, are the cosmic corpses of smaller stars with masses more in line with that of the sun.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Adeline Ngan-Binh Bui, 50, was charged with one count of state-jail felony abuse of a corpse and five counts of second-degree felony tampering with governmental records with intent to defraud or harm.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Eventually, the corpse became a traveling attraction, appearing in carnivals, museums, and even as a prop in films, until it was discovered hanging in a California amusement park in 1976.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
White dwarfs, conversely, are the cosmic corpses of smaller stars with masses more in line with that of the sun.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpse
Noun
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In 2016, a sudden outbreak of anthrax in the Yamal Peninsula — linked to the thawed carcass of an infected reindeer — left dozens ill and killed a child.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The team also recovered animal bones with cut marks and stone tools used to butcher carcasses from the site.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Detectives swept the area with cadaver dogs to search for additional human remains.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Each season also starts with a flashforward glimpse of a corpse, the question of course being who is the cadaver and more importantly who made it.—
Joe Joyce,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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