as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead
reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
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Recent Examples of graveyard
Both Syamsiah's parents and grandparents are buried in the village's graveyard.
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Niken Sitoningrum, NPR, 16 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
Maritime archaeologists have discovered a massive 328-foot ship graveyard off the coast of the 2,000-year-old ancient Greek port city of Ptolemais, Libya.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
One of the largest displays featured bloodied bundles of white cloth spread across the grass like a makeshift graveyard.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
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Niken Sitoningrum, NPR, 16 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
Maritime archaeologists have discovered a massive 328-foot ship graveyard off the coast of the 2,000-year-old ancient Greek port city of Ptolemais, Libya.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
One of the largest displays featured bloodied bundles of white cloth spread across the grass like a makeshift graveyard.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for graveyard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graveyard
cemetery
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These later burials are called row-grave cemeteries because the graves were perfectly parallel to one another.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2026
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On Monday, Nickman and another local were clearing debris and mowing the city’s only cemetery, Eternal Oaks.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveyard. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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