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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Recent Examples of graveyard
At the turn of the 20th century, centralized graveyards at churches became a popular phenomenon.
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
The development client includes a warning that Instant Apps is headed for the Google graveyard.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2025
This was well before the time of cellphone graveyards, where aging iPhones would begin to clutter kitchen drawers and empty shoe boxes.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
The cleanup of the graveyard, located at 2035 Main St, is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., according to Riggs.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
The development client includes a warning that Instant Apps is headed for the Google graveyard.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2025
This was well before the time of cellphone graveyards, where aging iPhones would begin to clutter kitchen drawers and empty shoe boxes.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
The cleanup of the graveyard, located at 2035 Main St, is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., according to Riggs.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graveyard
cemetery
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At a prehistoric cemetery in Iran, archaeologists have discovered a skull belonging to a young woman who lived more than 6,000 years ago.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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Wilson was cremated and buried at a cemetery in the Westwood neighborhood, home to UCLA.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveyard. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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