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
Sam’s mother and uncle located his remains in the overflowing morgue of Behesht-e Sakineh, Karaj’s primary public cemetery.
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Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
That was where our family cemetery was.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 16 June 2026
One of those veterans, 83-year-old Shaun Byrnes of Virginia, met NPR on Monday outside the cemetery entrance on Arlington Memorial Bridge.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 June 2026
On its walls are commemorated more than 72,000 British soldiers still missing from the war cemeteries that dot the landscape of the Somme valley, 72,000 people whose bodies were never identified from the carnage.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
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Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
That was where our family cemetery was.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 16 June 2026
One of those veterans, 83-year-old Shaun Byrnes of Virginia, met NPR on Monday outside the cemetery entrance on Arlington Memorial Bridge.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 June 2026
On its walls are commemorated more than 72,000 British soldiers still missing from the war cemeteries that dot the landscape of the Somme valley, 72,000 people whose bodies were never identified from the carnage.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cemetery
graveyard
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The road wound upwards, past a sloping graveyard and cedar trees.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby critters.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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“Cemetery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cemetery. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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