Sample Sentences for
inter
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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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    She lingered on for only a few weeks after she arrived, then was interred here.  (source)
    interred = buried
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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)
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    Have fun exploring inter-dimensional space!†  (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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    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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    Inter-dimensional beings feature prominently in many of them—these either created or shaped humanity for its own purposes, or left a message for humans to decipher for obscure reasons of their own.†  (source)
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    He is interred on Mount Zion, the only member of the Nazi Party buried there.†  (source)
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    In a professional tone, he offered Idris his condolences, and had him sign the Interment Order and Authorization form.  (source)
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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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    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-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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    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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meaning too rare to warrant focus

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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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