as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead
reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
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On Wednesday, Duff ramped up the anticipation for her new album, teasing a new song about dive bar hookups, inconvenient roommates, and a once-red-hot romance fizzling into the tombs of relationship graveyards.
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Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
Advertisement The two graveyards rest on land that was once part of one of over 50 plantations owned by the white Hairston family across several states.
—Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
For its part, Singapore has been aggressively retrofitted according to the whims of capital—its coastline expanded, its graveyards exhumed and paved over, its landmarks destroyed—leaving the populace disoriented.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Then comes the wrenching graveyard scene.
—Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
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Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
Advertisement The two graveyards rest on land that was once part of one of over 50 plantations owned by the white Hairston family across several states.
—Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
For its part, Singapore has been aggressively retrofitted according to the whims of capital—its coastline expanded, its graveyards exhumed and paved over, its landmarks destroyed—leaving the populace disoriented.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Then comes the wrenching graveyard scene.
—Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graveyard
cemetery
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The cemetery was divided in two by a windbreak of giant elms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Palestinians living nearby said remains exhumed during the search were left exposed in the cemetery without reburial.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveyard. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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