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
Noun
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The cemetery has about 2,000 burial plots remaining.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Alongside the bodies of martyrs from Iran’s past wars, the dusty earth of Behesht-e Zahra cemetery now cradles the remains of protesters killed in January’s protests, the latest conflict to rake Iran’s streets.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Ayers has a plus arm and has plus power, flashing it more in the Arizona Fall League last year (where his exit velocity peaked at 111 mph) than in the regular season, since Myrtle Beach is a graveyard for would-be home runs.—
Keith Law,
New York Times,
4 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 park.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorial%20park. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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