Thesaurus results for GRAVEYARDS

graveyards

noun

plural of graveyard

as in cemeteries

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 graveyards Another recurring ingredient is goopher dust, which consists of soil collected from graveyards. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 Back home, women prepare chapatis and visit graveyards carrying flowers and prayers for deceased relatives. — Umar Farooq, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2026 More than 80 years after the end of World War II, one of Europe’s largest wartime graveyards is once again emerging from the water. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026 The desert — churned, sucked, and acid-washed — rests in these graveyards of the Anthropocene. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026 These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby critters. — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026 Scientists who recently piloted a submersible to a remote spot in the southeastern Indian Ocean have identified one of the largest and deepest whale graveyards containing hundreds of fossils, including one representing a previously unknown species. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 12 June 2026 Tidy Entryways and Mudrooms Mudrooms and entryways can be graveyards of clutter. — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 22 May 2026 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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cemeteries

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These monuments did not include religious symbols and were built outside of cemeteries and churches.

— Shannon Fogg, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026
While padlocks have been found at Jewish cemeteries in Poland, the study authors noted the site carried no other characteristic features suggesting this was a Jewish grave.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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