as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead a once-notorious gunslinger who now lies in the forlorn boneyard of an Old West ghost town

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Recent Examples of boneyard Loading your audio article Last year’s historic marine heat wave turned Florida’s coral reefs into bleached boneyards. Claire Grunewald, Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2024 Last year’s historic marine heat wave turned Florida’s coral reefs into bleached boneyards. Claire Grunewald, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024 Driftwood rests on a boneyard beach, a popular term for the weathered remains of shoreline trees that have fallen from an eroding maritime forest due to climate change, last year at Hunting Island State Park in St. Helena, S.C.. Brie Jackson, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024 Like Davis-Monthan, these boneyards aren't accessible to the public. Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for boneyard
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Noun
  • And like many other days, their birthday included a trip to the cemetery.
    Jeff Truesdell, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But for the most part, they had been used for relatively small tasks—caring for a pet after its owner died, or funding the management of a piece of property, or a cemetery plot.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • But even without European football, and after a decade in which Old Trafford has at times resembled a graveyard for promising careers, the lure of Manchester United — in terms of glamour, prestige and finance — remains powerful.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • While less than 1% growth might not seem like much, the news was widely seen as a sign that Macy’s efforts to army-crawl its way out of the retail graveyard populated by former rivals like Sears and Lord & Taylor (RIP) are starting to pay off.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Boneyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boneyard. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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