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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These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby critters.
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ABC News, 10 June 2026
The world's largest whale graveyard has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean by Chinese scientists, who found that the vast expanse of both new and ancient carcasses supports huge communities of deep-sea life.
—CBS News, 10 June 2026
For decades, West Africa’s largest secondhand market had thrived on the global North’s castoffs, yet a growing deluge of fast fashion and its ultra-fast successors had turned Accra into the world’s clothing graveyard.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
The Mars graveyard just welcomed another corpse.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 June 2026
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ABC News, 10 June 2026
The world's largest whale graveyard has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean by Chinese scientists, who found that the vast expanse of both new and ancient carcasses supports huge communities of deep-sea life.
—CBS News, 10 June 2026
For decades, West Africa’s largest secondhand market had thrived on the global North’s castoffs, yet a growing deluge of fast fashion and its ultra-fast successors had turned Accra into the world’s clothing graveyard.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
The Mars graveyard just welcomed another corpse.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 June 2026
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveyard. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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