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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In the meantime, Gaia will spend the rest of its days circling our home star, a fitting graveyard given its exploration of more distant objects across the Milky Way.
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Katrina Miller, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Over the years studies have shown the vehicles that rack up the most miles before heading to the auto graveyard tend to be big and burly full-size pickup trucks and SUVs.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
For the near future at least, the West End looks less like a hotspot than a development graveyard.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2025
Over the years studies have shown the vehicles that rack up the most miles before heading to the auto graveyard tend to be big and burly full-size pickup trucks and SUVs.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Katrina Miller, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Over the years studies have shown the vehicles that rack up the most miles before heading to the auto graveyard tend to be big and burly full-size pickup trucks and SUVs.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
For the near future at least, the West End looks less like a hotspot than a development graveyard.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2025
Over the years studies have shown the vehicles that rack up the most miles before heading to the auto graveyard tend to be big and burly full-size pickup trucks and SUVs.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveyard. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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