Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for churchyards
Noun
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Also, the cemeteries are major tourist attractions.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026 -
Township officials, meanwhile, have strongly defended townships as a critical level of government that's closest to Hoosiers, responsible for poor relief for low-income residents and taking care of old cemeteries.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Once April arrives, those in Virginia and North Carolina to Kansas and Oklahoma will begin seeing the birds in their backyards.—
Sydney Wingfield,
Martha Stewart,
4 Mar. 2026
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Volunteers have the option to glean produce from their own backyards or participate in larger-scale community harvests organized through Food Forward.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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His only book, Portraits in Life and Death (1976), juxtaposed photos of people in his circle and with images of ancient corpses in the Palermo catacombs.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Designed for small patios, balconies, and gardens, the three-piece set includes a weather-resistant oval table and two chairs that easily tuck into nooks and tight corners.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2026
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The roughly 8,300-square-foot home came with six bedrooms, lush gardens, a pool and cabana, and an entertainment lounge that once doubled as a recording studio.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The urge to tame big corporate landlords is bubbling over among locals in woodsy Paulding County, Georgia, an Atlanta exurb where church steeples and old graveyards punctuate the rolling hills, and an 18-foot fiberglass Wonder Woman waves at drivers.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
10 Feb. 2026
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Cities took on the atmosphere of graveyards, and mourning black became the dominant color of daily life.—
Shahrnush Parsipur,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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Its campuses remained open Tuesday, leaving parents to determine whether to send their children to school with substitutes or keep them home.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The records shed light on the origins of the legislation, which followed years of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses that DeSantis has tried to stamp out.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Churchyards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchyards. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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