memorial park

Definition of memorial parknext
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 The memorial park is at 25751 Trabuco Road. Heather McRea, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for memorial park
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • An intruder entered the graveyard in an attempt to steal headstones for their bronze and copper plaques, the owner said.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • An unceremonious dumping ground for the sort of horror movies most people can live without, Q1 has long functioned as a graveyard for the genre.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026

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“Memorial park.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorial%20park. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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