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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Organized crime exercises de facto control over vast swaths of the country, where the discovery of clandestine graves is commonplace, and thousands of corpses remain unidentified in morgues and public cemeteries.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026 -
Easter, the holiest day on the Christian calendar, was greeted on beaches, in parks, in cemeteries, on mountain trails, along Skid Row and, oh yes, in churches all over Los Angeles County on Sunday.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
5 Apr. 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 9 Apr. 2026.
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