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
Originally an agricultural town, cemeteries began to take root in Colma after a 1901 ordinance banned new burials within San Francisco’s city limits, a decision driven by limited real estate and a booming population.
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
In one of America’s most grave-dense cities, there are Italian, Serbian and Japanese cemeteries.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
In 2024, the university returned a marble male head from Roman times from a cemetery in Thessaloniki.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
For non-squeamish types, the Surgeons’ Hall Museums are downright fascinating, and Edinburgh’s several cemeteries make for moody afternoon strolls.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
In one of America’s most grave-dense cities, there are Italian, Serbian and Japanese cemeteries.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
In 2024, the university returned a marble male head from Roman times from a cemetery in Thessaloniki.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
For non-squeamish types, the Surgeons’ Hall Museums are downright fascinating, and Edinburgh’s several cemeteries make for moody afternoon strolls.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cemetery
graveyard
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Aside from paying your respects to these icons on a cemetery tour, visit in the summer for its famous Cinespia screenings, when the graveyard transforms into an open-air cinema that projects films onto a mausoleum wall, surrounded by intricate headstones.—
Sophie-Claire Hoeller,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Guests can expect to see spooky creatures, a graveyard, a carnival of chaos and five haunted houses.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Cemetery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cemetery. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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