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churchyard

noun

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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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In the 1950s, much of the Jewish community in Kochi (historically known as Cochin), a seaport on India’s southwestern coast, immigrated to Israel, leaving behind their homes, synagogues and cemeteries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
The discovery shocked the region’s Black community because of the cemetery’s special significance to African Americans.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

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But the unexpected, undeniable centerpiece is their backyard’s strikingly lush, drought-tolerant native lawn that invites people and pets alike to unwind.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
And if teak is already the material du jour of your backyard assortment, a set of these can perfectly complement the frame of your current outdoor sectional.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of backyard

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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
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

Definition of catacombs

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More than 80 years after the end of World War II, one of Europe’s largest wartime graveyards is once again emerging from the water.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
The same play-offs that had proved to be the graveyard of York’s promotion hopes at the semi-final stage 12 months earlier beckoned.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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