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inter as in:  inter at the cemetery

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    The interment took place beneath the old oak tree.
    interment = burial
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    No matter how deeply I interred the memories, how tightly I shut my eyes against them, when I thought of my self, the images that came to mind were of that girl, in the bathroom, in the parking lot.  (source)
    interred = buried
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    In a professional tone, he offered Idris his condolences, and had him sign the Interment Order and Authorization form.  (source)
    Interment = burial
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    Jason and his friends played it at inter-prep school field parties when scoping out girls.†  (source)
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    She lingered on for only a few weeks after she arrived, then was interred here.  (source)
    interred = buried
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    Immediately after the church service, I want a quick interment—five minutes max—then lower the casket.  (source)
    interment = burial
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    Then bethinking himself of possibilities he went along the road to the cemetery, which he entered, and crossed to where the interments had recently taken place.†  (source)
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    "And now it turns out you only called us here to try and blow us up!" roared the Death Eater, and there was a volley of bangs inters-persed with squeals of agony from Xenophilius.†  (source)
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    When they finished interring their casualties, the Varden retrieved their arrows, then built a pyre in the center of the village, stripped the soldiers of their gear, dragged them onto the pile of wood, and set it ablaze.†  (source)
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    There were seven improv comedy groups, nine swim teams—there had been an inter-staff meet last Wednesday, hundreds of swimmers participating, and a hundred messages were about the contest, who won, some glitch with the results and how a mediator would be on campus to settle any lingering questions or grievances.†  (source)
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    Washington had been interred in the family vault at Mount Vernon, but this was the nation's funeral for its first President and greatest hero.  (source)
    interred = buried
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    It had not been possible, he said, to bring back their lamented comrade's remains for interment on the farm, but he had ordered a large wreath to be made from the laurels in the farmhouse garden and sent down to be placed on Boxer's grave.  (source)
    interment = to be buried (of a dead body)
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    It was on the obscure side of the tower, screened to a great extent from the view of passers along the road—a spot which until lately had been abandoned to heaps of stones and bushes of alder, but now it was cleared and made orderly for interments, by reason of the rapid filling of the ground elsewhere.†  (source)
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inter as in:  inter-city

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The inter-city train service in Europe is efficient and punctual, making it a popular choice for travelers.
inter = between
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    The company’s inter-departmental communication needs to be improved to ensure all teams are aligned with the overall strategy.
    inter = between (in this case, different departments)
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    Inter-Planetary Launch was a city of three thousand inhabitants...  (source)
    Inter = a hyphenated prefix indicating a relationship between different things (in this case, between planets)
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    First Lieutenant Louis S. Zamperini, holder of the national inter-scholastic mile record, is, listed as dead by the War Department …  (source)
    inter = a hyphenated prefix indicating a relationship between different things (in this case different schools)
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    To crown it all he had taken two titles and had shown incredible prowess in two inter-tribal wars.  (source)
    inter = between (in this case, between different tribes)
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    Inter-Arab financial cooperation….  (source)
    Inter = between (in this case, different Arabs)
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    She sighed and unhappily raised her eyes to see an inter-continental roar past on the E4.  (source)
    inter = between (in this case, a jet the travels between continents)
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    By analogy with IPL, Ender decided the letters meant Inter-Stellar Launch.  (source)
    Inter = a hyphenated prefix indicating a relationship between different things (in this case, between stars)
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    Your medium of inter-loop travel is when-1940?  (source)
    inter = between
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rare meaning

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    Right, now, we're gonna split inter two parties an' follow the trail in diff'rent directions.  (source)
    inter = pronunciation of into
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    Bless me, life used to be quite inter — I mean, you used to upset things badly in these parts once upon a time.  (source)
    inter = the start of interesting, but not completed
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    Said she was jus' lookin' round the grounds, but I reckon she was hopin' she might run inter someone else at my house.  (source)
    inter = pronunciation of into
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Listen, I'm glad we've run inter yeh, Ronan, 'em there's a unicorn bin hurt — you seen anythin'?  (source)
inter = pronunciation of into
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