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graveyard

noun

ˈgrāv-ˌyärd How to pronounce graveyard (audio)
Definition of graveyardnext
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 Another recurring ingredient is goopher dust, which consists of soil collected from graveyards. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 With a few wonderful exceptions that proved the rule (The Good Place, New Girl), the network sitcom landscape of the 2010s was a graveyard of glib titles, gimmicky premises, and mercifully short runs. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 The casualties of picking wrong fill the YC fintech graveyard. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Back home, women prepare chapatis and visit graveyards carrying flowers and prayers for deceased relatives. — Umar Farooq, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for graveyard
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  • The parties’ local branches instead proposed that future Holocaust commemorations should be kept at the town’s memorial site at its northern cemetery, German media report.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The teaser cuts to a cemetery and a coffin on which somebody lays a black rose.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026
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