graveyard
noun
grave·yard
ˈgrāv-ˌyärd 
1
: cemetery
2
: something resembling a graveyard
an automobile graveyard
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reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
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Another benefit for me has been bonding with my dad, who shares my love of exploring cemeteries and graveyards.
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Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 12 Feb. 2025
The first evidence is the deer's corpse that the poacher was skinning near the makeshift graveyard.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Comedian/superfan Dana Gould visits the forgotten graveyard where Ed Wood filmed Bela Lugosi’s scenes for Plan 9 from Outer Space.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
Smearing myself with Max Factor blood and crawling around an Arab graveyard at five o’clock in the morning as the sun rose over the pyramids was absolute insanity.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
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Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 12 Feb. 2025
The first evidence is the deer's corpse that the poacher was skinning near the makeshift graveyard.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Comedian/superfan Dana Gould visits the forgotten graveyard where Ed Wood filmed Bela Lugosi’s scenes for Plan 9 from Outer Space.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
Smearing myself with Max Factor blood and crawling around an Arab graveyard at five o’clock in the morning as the sun rose over the pyramids was absolute insanity.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveyard. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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