as in cemeteries
a piece of land used for burying the dead
was laid in rest in God's acre, with a comforting view of the river he loved so much
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Noun
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Property taxes pay for more than two dozen types of local improvement and service districts that cover cemeteries, ambulances, pest control, flood prevention, downtown development, fire protection and more.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026 -
When development plans were drafted in 2009, officials had promised the cemeteries would be preserved in place.—
Jeffrey Bennett,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
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On Wednesday, Duff ramped up the anticipation for her new album, teasing a new song about dive bar hookups, inconvenient roommates, and a once-red-hot romance fizzling into the tombs of relationship graveyards.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement The two graveyards rest on land that was once part of one of over 50 plantations owned by the white Hairston family across several states.—
Jeffrey Bennett,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
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“God's acres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/God%27s%20acres. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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