as in cemeteries
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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Iranian cemeteries, holy shrines and mosques -- which normally are venues for the 40th-day ceremonies -- have turned into scenes of the most extraordinary ways of mourning in the country, as victims’ families have been dancing to mourn as a sign of defiance.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026 -
This is undoubtedly one of the world's most impressive cemeteries.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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The urge to tame big corporate landlords is bubbling over among locals in woodsy Paulding County, Georgia, an Atlanta exurb where church steeples and old graveyards punctuate the rolling hills, and an 18-foot fiberglass Wonder Woman waves at drivers.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
10 Feb. 2026
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Cities took on the atmosphere of graveyards, and mourning black became the dominant color of daily life.—
Shahrnush Parsipur,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Memorial parks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorial%20parks. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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