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- noun Plural form of
cremation .
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Examples
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The south east-has seen a 14% increase in state-funded burials and cremations since 2006 while the east midlands saw an 8% rise over the same period.
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Ellis' ceremony and others seem somehow fitting for Crestone, home to an eclectic mix of spiritual and religious groups that include Zen and Tibetan Buddhists and Carmelites, said Stephanie Gaines, director of the nondenominational Crestone End of Life Project, the volunteer group that performs the cremations.
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Increasingly, counties are turning to cremations as a more affordable option than burials, Byers says, as fiscal hardships continue for state and local governments.
Latest sign of hardship: Families unable to bury loved ones 2011
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More than 21,000 older people a year are dying alone without family or friends willing or able to pay for burials and cremations, with some regions seeing a 14% jump in the numbers of "paupers' funerals" in the last five years, foreshadowing a crisis in social care, Grey Pride campaigners for elderly people claim.
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Johnnetta Moore, administrator for the indigent burial program in Jacksonville, says the economy is to blame for an upswing in cremations of indigent people this spring.
Latest sign of hardship: Families unable to bury loved ones 2011
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Nevada's Clark County has recorded a nearly 11% increase in indigent burials and cremations over the previous fiscal year, according to public information officer Dan Kulin.
Latest sign of hardship: Families unable to bury loved ones 2011
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Increasingly, counties are turning to cremations as a more affordable option than burials, Byers says, as fiscal hardships continue for state and local governments.
Latest sign of hardship: Families unable to bury loved ones 2011
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Nevada's Clark County has recorded a nearly 11% increase in indigent burials and cremations over the previous fiscal year, according to public information officer Dan Kulin.
Latest sign of hardship: Families unable to bury loved ones 2011
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Johnnetta Moore, administrator for the indigent burial program in Jacksonville, says the economy is to blame for an upswing in cremations of indigent people this spring.
Latest sign of hardship: Families unable to bury loved ones 2011
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The remaining 10% is spent on patient care for the kids or, if it gets there too late, to dignified mass cremations.
At the Juvenile Bubonic Plague Telethon Con Chapman 2012
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