as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead
Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, is the memorial park that serves as the final resting place for many of Hollywood's greatest
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Recent Examples of memorial park
Guided trolley tours through the memorial parks often sell out weeks in advance — especially as Halloween and the Catholic observances of All Saints and All Souls draw near in October.
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
City officials and community members honored Dr. Ossian Sweet's family by unveiling an educational memorial park.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Near the hypocenter, where the bomb detonated about 2,000 feet above, is a peace memorial park and museum that includes the iconic atomic dome.
—Mai Nishiyama, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
Yelchin’s family found Hollywood Forever when other local memorial parks wouldn’t allow a life-size bronze figure of the young actor.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 June 2025
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
City officials and community members honored Dr. Ossian Sweet's family by unveiling an educational memorial park.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Near the hypocenter, where the bomb detonated about 2,000 feet above, is a peace memorial park and museum that includes the iconic atomic dome.
—Mai Nishiyama, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
Yelchin’s family found Hollywood Forever when other local memorial parks wouldn’t allow a life-size bronze figure of the young actor.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorial park
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To give voice to Congolese citizens, Anderson spoke with figures ranging from rebel leaders to medical personnel, from a regional king to an elderly woman tending subsistence crops in a cemetery.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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In Velasco, a town in the eastern Cuban province of Holguín, a man was buried in a cardboard box, his body carted on a wheelbarrow to the cemetery because of a lack of both of wooden coffins and fuel.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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For example, Mermentau Cove previously used Mardi Gras funds to construct a pavilion for their graveyard and add flags to veterans' graves.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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That number suggests the ancient permafrost is less like a graveyard and more like an untouched biological frontier — teeming with life forms that have been hidden from science for tens of thousands of years.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Memorial park.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorial%20park. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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