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
The cemetery scene is … not that.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
The cemetery of good but dead laws is infinite; the main thing is that social forces exist.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Dutch media reported earlier this month two informational panels about African American soldiers in the mid-20th century war had been taken down in the cemetery's visitors' center.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
That is, until Episode 3, when the terrifying harlequin seems to finally appear from the pitch black depths of a crypt inside the Derry cemetery.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
The cemetery of good but dead laws is infinite; the main thing is that social forces exist.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Dutch media reported earlier this month two informational panels about African American soldiers in the mid-20th century war had been taken down in the cemetery's visitors' center.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
That is, until Episode 3, when the terrifying harlequin seems to finally appear from the pitch black depths of a crypt inside the Derry cemetery.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cemetery
graveyard
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Some of the diciest action – and most frustrating nights – for Powell involved sprinting across wet cobblestones or through a graveyard full of smoke in the dark.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Former houses were demolished and repurposed into quarries, graveyards and workshops.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Cemetery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cemetery. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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