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
As these babies were unbaptized, their cemeteries often sank into obscurity, and integrating folklore into heritage protection is vital.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
Private cemeteries are often out of reach for many families, and public cemeteries are quickly filling up.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Some went into storage or got moved to Civil War cemeteries, and Charlottesville, Virginia, had its statue of Lee melted down.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
One pediatrician, who was on duty at a children’s hospital on January 9th, told me that her staff transported more than a hundred and fifty corpses from their emergency ward to one of the city’s main cemeteries, Behesht-e Reza, that night.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
Their remains arrived home on Thursday morning, and they are scheduled to be laid to rest on Friday afternoon in various cemeteries following memorial ceremonies in all of Cuba’s provincial capitals.
—Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
More recently, Masek published several e-books on individual cemeteries — including one on Graceland Cemetery in Chicago — for visitors to take with them to gravesites.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 10 Jan. 2026
Rouse said the remains found at Gerlach's home most likely came from other cemeteries in addition to Mount Moriah, though authorities have not confirmed which.
—Emma Caughlan, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Police believe the remains were also stolen from other nearby cemeteries.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
Private cemeteries are often out of reach for many families, and public cemeteries are quickly filling up.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Some went into storage or got moved to Civil War cemeteries, and Charlottesville, Virginia, had its statue of Lee melted down.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
One pediatrician, who was on duty at a children’s hospital on January 9th, told me that her staff transported more than a hundred and fifty corpses from their emergency ward to one of the city’s main cemeteries, Behesht-e Reza, that night.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
Their remains arrived home on Thursday morning, and they are scheduled to be laid to rest on Friday afternoon in various cemeteries following memorial ceremonies in all of Cuba’s provincial capitals.
—Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
More recently, Masek published several e-books on individual cemeteries — including one on Graceland Cemetery in Chicago — for visitors to take with them to gravesites.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 10 Jan. 2026
Rouse said the remains found at Gerlach's home most likely came from other cemeteries in addition to Mount Moriah, though authorities have not confirmed which.
—Emma Caughlan, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Police believe the remains were also stolen from other nearby cemeteries.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cemeteries
graveyards
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Cities took on the atmosphere of graveyards, and mourning black became the dominant color of daily life.—
Shahrnush Parsipur,
Time,
3 Feb. 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
Cite this Entry
“Cemeteries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cemeteries. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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