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
His inner ears were playing tricks with his sense of orientation… His flight path into the water is consistent with what is known as a graveyard spiral.
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Erin Jensen, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Actors, who usually earned a modest pay, were often the ones giving the bouquets, and gathering flowers from a graveyard was an easy way to get them for free.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
Ronald White of Milton, dressed in colonial attire, stood among a line of reenactors firing replica muskets in the church’s graveyard following the service and said the anniversary carries personal meaning.
—ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
Sure, Neon and A24 have become Oscar-winning indie players with box office hits, but given the graveyard of defunct distributors, why would anyone think releasing movies in theaters is a good business to break into?
—Brent Lang, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
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Erin Jensen, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Actors, who usually earned a modest pay, were often the ones giving the bouquets, and gathering flowers from a graveyard was an easy way to get them for free.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
Ronald White of Milton, dressed in colonial attire, stood among a line of reenactors firing replica muskets in the church’s graveyard following the service and said the anniversary carries personal meaning.
—ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
Sure, Neon and A24 have become Oscar-winning indie players with box office hits, but given the graveyard of defunct distributors, why would anyone think releasing movies in theaters is a good business to break into?
—Brent Lang, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graveyard
cemetery
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The incident marks a violent escalation in a series of break-ins that have occurred at the cemetery, which has faced years of financial hardship.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Clandestine graves are discovered on a semiregular basis; more than 70,000 unidentified remains have piled up in morgues and cemeteries.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveyard. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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