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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
Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Those are just a few of the many points of interest on the grounds of Mount Olivet Cemetery, founded in Nashville in 1856 and today home to more than 200,000 graves.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Oct. 2025
There were also prisoners, paupers and unclaimed bodies who went into mass graves, including remains of 39,307 Catholics at Holy Cross.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Staff at the cemetery assigned each student a set of graves to clean in a section of the cemetery that needed grounds maintenance.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Founded by members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows more than 125 years ago, the cemetery includes the unmarked graves of some of the people who built old Sacramento, said Shelly Peters, operations manager for the cemetery.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The lamps in the graves, for example, were thought to help illuminate the journey into the afterlife.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
When a prisoner died, they were either buried in unmarked graves or dismembered and thrown to the sharks.
—Maya Duclay, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
As Rolling Stone has previously reported, bogus images of classic rockers in hospitals or singing at the graves of other rockers have flooded the internet — fooling some fans in the process and provoking laughs in just as many.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
Keeping her content respectful is also important, and Abrams is adamant about telling these individual's stories and restoring their graves with their humanity in mind.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Those are just a few of the many points of interest on the grounds of Mount Olivet Cemetery, founded in Nashville in 1856 and today home to more than 200,000 graves.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Oct. 2025
There were also prisoners, paupers and unclaimed bodies who went into mass graves, including remains of 39,307 Catholics at Holy Cross.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Staff at the cemetery assigned each student a set of graves to clean in a section of the cemetery that needed grounds maintenance.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Founded by members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows more than 125 years ago, the cemetery includes the unmarked graves of some of the people who built old Sacramento, said Shelly Peters, operations manager for the cemetery.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The lamps in the graves, for example, were thought to help illuminate the journey into the afterlife.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
When a prisoner died, they were either buried in unmarked graves or dismembered and thrown to the sharks.
—Maya Duclay, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
As Rolling Stone has previously reported, bogus images of classic rockers in hospitals or singing at the graves of other rockers have flooded the internet — fooling some fans in the process and provoking laughs in just as many.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 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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The indigenous elements are the most prominent parts of the contemporary ceremony, Zaraus says, especially the tombs festooned with marigolds.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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An extensive list of notable tombs can be found at the Colma Historical Museum on Hillside Boulevard.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Smoking causes more than seven million deaths globally each year, according to the World Health Organization.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Of that number, 385 attacks and 317 deaths were on Christian people, in which their religious identity played a factor.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Kirby beautifully etches these notions into Miss Black America.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
28 Aug. 2025
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Former first-round pick Rhett Lowder is a lock for a 40-man spot, and there are a handful of others still waiting to find out their fates.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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Now immigration judges and officials at the Department of Homeland Security seem to be taking sadistic satisfaction in using red tape and legal loopholes to seal their fates.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Nothing engraves glass as uniformly and perfectly as UV lasers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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 10 Nov. 2025.
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