graveyard
noun
grave·yard
ˈgrāv-ˌyärd 
1
: cemetery
2
: something resembling a graveyard
an automobile graveyard
Examples of graveyard in a Sentence
reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
Betting against this trade, at least for now, may well be your ticket to the graveyard.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 June 2026
Everyone else is funding a potential graveyard.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
In a ditch near a military outpost on Obeid’s periphery, an army engineer walked through a graveyard of RSF drones shot down in recent days.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for graveyard
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveyard. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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