as in graveyards
a piece of land used for burying the dead
many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
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Recent Examples of cemeteries
These tours showcase a few of New Orleans’ 42 cemeteries, where the dead are famously laid to rest above ground.
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Jenny Adams, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
Wells was also known for organizing clean-up efforts at cemeteries in historically Black neighborhoods, including Lincoln Memorial Park in Brownsville.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Just a 15-minute taxi ride from the city is the Oaxacan village of Xoxocotlán, where both the Panteón Viejo and Panteón Nuevo cemeteries attract crowds to candlelit gravesides backed by live mariachi bands.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025
Families visit cemeteries, clean and decorate gravesites, and create elaborate ofrendas in their homes or at burial sites.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Gein reportedly kept tabs on local obituaries to keep an eye out for fresh bodies being buried at his local cemeteries, according to TIME.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
In many municipal cemeteries, bodies are exhumed in order to make room for more.
—Mariana Enriquez
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
In 2022, archaeologists worked on the ancient DNA from a number of early medieval cemeteries, and found two individuals that stood out.
—Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
Burials will continue at VA cemeteries.
—C. A. Bridges, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Jenny Adams, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
Wells was also known for organizing clean-up efforts at cemeteries in historically Black neighborhoods, including Lincoln Memorial Park in Brownsville.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Just a 15-minute taxi ride from the city is the Oaxacan village of Xoxocotlán, where both the Panteón Viejo and Panteón Nuevo cemeteries attract crowds to candlelit gravesides backed by live mariachi bands.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025
Families visit cemeteries, clean and decorate gravesites, and create elaborate ofrendas in their homes or at burial sites.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Gein reportedly kept tabs on local obituaries to keep an eye out for fresh bodies being buried at his local cemeteries, according to TIME.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
In many municipal cemeteries, bodies are exhumed in order to make room for more.
—Mariana Enriquez
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
In 2022, archaeologists worked on the ancient DNA from a number of early medieval cemeteries, and found two individuals that stood out.
—Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
Burials will continue at VA cemeteries.
—C. A. Bridges, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cemeteries
graveyards
Noun
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As time goes on, Ed is deeply impacted by Augusta's sudden death, which leads him to visit graveyards and try to recreate the memory of his mom with the bodies of recently deceased women.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Up ⬆ One Battle After Another The Oscars are very much not determined by statistics; there are graveyards full of Oscar hopefuls that looked like winners on paper but ultimately didn’t connect with voters for some ephemeral reason or another.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Cemeteries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cemeteries. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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