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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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The Israelis bombed the cemetery where her friends were buried, leaving body parts and bones scattered for relatives to collect like a puzzle.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
The series focuses on a 13-year-old named Sophie, who mourns her grandfather Thomas every day in a Milan cemetery.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of cemetery

Noun

Gianna Dettloff of Carol Stream was one of nine people shot at the gathering, which took place in a backyard near the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
The first death was in a 65-year-old Louisiana resident with underlying health conditions, who became critically ill in January 2025 after exposure to infected wild and backyard birds.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of backyard

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But passing motorists largely knew nothing of the collection of handmade replica of catacombs, Biblical scenes and Israelite villages beneath it.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
Avedon, whose work and career had a big influence on Hujar early on, had produced a series of images of the Palermo catacombs in 1959.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Definition of catacombs

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All-inclusive meals made with organic produce grown in the garden are outstanding.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
The normal fall routine for many gardeners is to remove all the leaves from the garden and either bag them up or pile them at the curb for transportation to a landscape waste facility to turn them into compost.

— Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

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