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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There is a graveyard of companies that were once dominant, now afterthoughts.
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Julian Hayes Ii,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
Continue reading … DIGGING UP DIRT — Maine lawmaker says Platner has 'a whole graveyard' of skeletons as new posts surface.
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FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
The largest and deepest of these whale graveyards was discovered in the Diamantina Fracture Zone—a deep-sea trench located about 1,400 km (about 870 miles) off the coast of Western Australia in the Indian Ocean.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
The road wound upwards, past a sloping graveyard and cedar trees.
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17 June 2026
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Julian Hayes Ii,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
Continue reading … DIGGING UP DIRT — Maine lawmaker says Platner has 'a whole graveyard' of skeletons as new posts surface.
—
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
The largest and deepest of these whale graveyards was discovered in the Diamantina Fracture Zone—a deep-sea trench located about 1,400 km (about 870 miles) off the coast of Western Australia in the Indian Ocean.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
The road wound upwards, past a sloping graveyard and cedar trees.
—
Literary Hub,
17 June 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 26 Jun. 2026.
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