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as in tombs
a final resting place for a dead person
the forlorn boy put flowers on his mother's grave
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as in deaths
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
a rock star who found his early grave in a plane crash
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Recent Examples of graves
NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
In medieval times, meanwhile, legend had it that creatures called revenants – corpses that came out of their graves – stalked northern and western Europe.
—Tom Duszynski, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Away from the ship, Barton was spending much of her time in a warehouse called Los Fosos, four long buildings housing hundreds of reconcentrados who were dying so quickly their graves went unnamed.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
The Wisconsin farmer murdered two women, and dug up graves, stealing corpses and using body parts as decoration in his homemade house of horrors.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The third season centers on Ed Gein, a murderer known to kill women, wear their skin and faces, and dig up graves.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
This golden opportunity lost is one that the 2025 New York Yankees will take to their graves.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Gein did confess to robbing nine female bodies from their graves, as mentioned in the show.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
During August, family members of the deceased would leave offerings of tools, food, and water on graves and elaborate altars to aid their dearly departed along their unearthly travels.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025
Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
Others speak of the heart-wrenching loss of ancestors' graves.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
In medieval times, meanwhile, legend had it that creatures called revenants – corpses that came out of their graves – stalked northern and western Europe.
—Tom Duszynski, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Away from the ship, Barton was spending much of her time in a warehouse called Los Fosos, four long buildings housing hundreds of reconcentrados who were dying so quickly their graves went unnamed.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
The Wisconsin farmer murdered two women, and dug up graves, stealing corpses and using body parts as decoration in his homemade house of horrors.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The third season centers on Ed Gein, a murderer known to kill women, wear their skin and faces, and dig up graves.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
This golden opportunity lost is one that the 2025 New York Yankees will take to their graves.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Gein did confess to robbing nine female bodies from their graves, as mentioned in the show.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
During August, family members of the deceased would leave offerings of tools, food, and water on graves and elaborate altars to aid their dearly departed along their unearthly travels.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Las acciones de Google son especialmente insensibles y graves ante el cierre administrativo temporal del gobierno (shutdown), ignorando las peticiones de funcionarios gubernamentales y organizaciones hispanas que les solicitaron mantener la programación de Univision en el paquete principal.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graves
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With 2,000-year-old ancient Roman roads and Etruscan tombs, grand villas, papal palaces, charming medieval towns, rolling countryside, and unforgettable food and wine, Lazio has something for every traveler.—
Fulvio De Bonis,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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The statues were placed on rectangular stone platforms called ahu, which serve as tombs.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In September 2024, a bus carrying the Coritiba Crocodiles, a football team, flipped over, resulting in the deaths of three passengers.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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No injuries or deaths were reported.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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Kirby beautifully etches these notions into Miss Black America.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
28 Aug. 2025
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After a week of chaos and confusion, as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees described it, the fates of more than 600 workers hang in the balance now that a federal judge has temporarily blocked their terminations.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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With Father away on a North Pole expedition (first world problems indeed), a compassionate Mother takes in both Sarah and her child, tying in the fates of both the New Rochelle family and the Harlem community of Coalhouse Walker.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Nothing engraves glass as uniformly and perfectly as UV lasers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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The mission, the fourth of 2025, would also be Starship's first flight since May 27 amid a year plagued by explosive demises for the vehicle.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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But a good time in enviable vacation spots is guaranteed, with ghoulish demises for many principal figures here served up like caviar on sashimi.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Two widows cashing out after their husband’s untimely and suspicious passings.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
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The recent, tragic passings of Benjamin Kelly, James Maldonado, Christian Collado, and now another man — all in one month — are not isolated incidents.—
Darren Mack,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Graves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graves. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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