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a piece of land used for burying the dead
many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
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Recent Examples of cemeteries
When our first spouses died, they were each interred in different local cemeteries.
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
Roman grave discoveries across Europe The discovery of Roman graves and cemeteries is not a novelty in Europe.
—Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
The other 388 bodies were interred in two cemeteries.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
In June, an investigation by Noticias Telemundo of records in 23 border counties in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Florida found that more than 1,500 people lacking immigration documentation were in morgues, laboratories or cemeteries waiting to be identified and repatriated.
—Albinson Linares, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Perhaps a thousand of those children died, principally of disease, and when their bodies weren’t or couldn’t be sent home, they were buried in school cemeteries.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
The Indian school cemeteries and unmarked graves that Biden mentioned are testaments to the shame and tragedy.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Sonia Bermúdez divides her time between two cemeteries.
—The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
There are other cemeteries in other oceans, but the South Pacific is Forest Lawn.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
Roman grave discoveries across Europe The discovery of Roman graves and cemeteries is not a novelty in Europe.
—Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
The other 388 bodies were interred in two cemeteries.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
In June, an investigation by Noticias Telemundo of records in 23 border counties in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Florida found that more than 1,500 people lacking immigration documentation were in morgues, laboratories or cemeteries waiting to be identified and repatriated.
—Albinson Linares, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Perhaps a thousand of those children died, principally of disease, and when their bodies weren’t or couldn’t be sent home, they were buried in school cemeteries.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
The Indian school cemeteries and unmarked graves that Biden mentioned are testaments to the shame and tragedy.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Sonia Bermúdez divides her time between two cemeteries.
—The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
There are other cemeteries in other oceans, but the South Pacific is Forest Lawn.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Cemeteries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cemeteries. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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