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churchyard

noun

Definition of churchyard

as in cemetery

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as in backyard

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Recent Examples of churchyard Only days before, Al-Rahi had stood in the very churchyard where the crowd assembled Wednesday for his funeral. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 An unusual structural failure recently caused a dramatic, sinkhole-like collapse in an historic English churchyard — revealing a 300-year-old family vault. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025 Workers buried long lengths of pipe in the churchyard, to soak up some of the naturally present warmth in the ground. — Chris Baraniuk, Wired News, 13 Nov. 2025 As befits the setting of an old stone church with a shadowy churchyard, theological themes surface concerning everything from faith to resurrection to desecration to the nature of miracles. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for churchyard

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His body was buried in a Norwegian cemetery in Grytviken, the grave marked by a rough cross (later replaced by a granite column).

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
In October, authorities established a cemetery in the city of Deir al Balah to bury unidentified bodies recovered from around the enclave.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of cemetery

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But for the second men’s Euros running, the side playing in their own backyard lost in the final, with Italy (four days) defeating England (three days) on penalties.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 July 2026
In testing these erratic backyard toys, mathematicians were able to definitively determine how fluid forces cause a sprinkler to rotate when its flow is reversed.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026

Definition of backyard

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The monastery includes a massive network of underground catacombs, which contain the bodies of early Slavic saints, and is one of the most sacred locations in Eastern Orthodox Christianity and a symbol of the country’s cultural and spiritual heritage.

— News Desk, Artforum, 15 June 2026
Don't let the name Wind Cave National Park lull you into thinking only of the dark and mysterious catacombs of the cave.

— Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 May 2026

Definition of catacombs

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The first wind phone was created in 2010 by Japanese garden designer Itaru Sasaki after the loss of his cousin to cancer and then later was dedicated to lives lost in the 2011 tsunami.

— Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Leave some messiness in your garden and leave the leaves, as decaying leaves are great habitat for fireflies.

— Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026

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The desert — churned, sucked and acid-washed — rests in these graveyards of the Anthropocene.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
To retire them, the company plans to move many of them into a graveyard orbit, while others will be vaporized by burning up in Earth’s atmosphere during re-entry.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026

Definition of graveyard

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The final plan, announced Thursday, includes early voting sites at Cabarrus Arena & Events Center, Afton Ridge Library, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s Kannapolis campus, and Cabarrus County EMS Headquarters.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
The district also moved dozens of principals to new campuses following the creation of the Elevate Network, a group of schools handpicked by Superintendent Peter Licata and his team because of persistent underwhelming academic performance.

— Samuel O’Neal July 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026

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