as in graveyard
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 cemetery
Without it, a Jewish person typically can’t have a bar mitzvah, a Jewish wedding or be buried in a Jewish cemetery.
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ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
One exchange discussed the judge’s home, the distance from her bedroom to a nearby cemetery and ammunition that could be used to shoot her, according to testimony at Taupier’s trial.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2026
The bones were found at a cemetery in the city of Bucaramanga.
—Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
The bodies of 53 unidentified Palestinians, along with 86 unidentified human remains, were laid to rest Friday at a mass burial in a cemetery in central Gaza's Deir Al-Balah.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
One exchange discussed the judge’s home, the distance from her bedroom to a nearby cemetery and ammunition that could be used to shoot her, according to testimony at Taupier’s trial.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2026
The bones were found at a cemetery in the city of Bucaramanga.
—Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
The bodies of 53 unidentified Palestinians, along with 86 unidentified human remains, were laid to rest Friday at a mass burial in a cemetery in central Gaza's Deir Al-Balah.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cemetery
graveyard
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For example, Mermentau Cove previously used Mardi Gras funds to construct a pavilion for their graveyard and add flags to veterans' graves.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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That number suggests the ancient permafrost is less like a graveyard and more like an untouched biological frontier — teeming with life forms that have been hidden from science for tens of thousands of years.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Cemetery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cemetery. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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