as in cemeteries
a piece of land used for burying the dead
criminals and unidentified people are sometimes buried in a potter's field
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Noun
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Today, small remnants remain along railroad tracks and in old cemeteries.—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
3 May 2026 -
Death Cafes are popping up in churches, coffee shops and even historic cemeteries across the country.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The new observations reveal that under the right conditions, even these hostile stellar graveyards can preserve frozen molecules.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 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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“Potter's fields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potter%27s%20fields. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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