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cemeteries

noun

plural of cemetery

as in graveyards

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 Some cultures clean graves as a regular ritual Abrams agreed that proper cleaning, as well as permission from cemeteries, are crucial before setting out to clean a grave. — Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 Municipal and private cemeteries charge annual fees for land maintenance. — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026 To make way for what will be the third reservoir to serve the canal, an area of more than 11,000 acres that is currently home to schools, churches, farms and cemeteries will have to be flooded and at least 1,600 residents re-homed. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 Hollywood Forever is, quite literally, livelier than most cemeteries. — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Hunt for Ghosts If fright-seeing is more your style, Amelia’s Galena Ghost Tours and several other businesses lead spooky visits to pubs, cemeteries, and other public spaces after dark. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026 Olmsted also designed cemeteries, campuses, and garden-city suburbs. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Of all the details, stories and praise that accompanied the recent death of Dolly Parton, one of the most surprising was her affection for cemeteries. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Zwicker said cemeteries can be places with amazing artwork that visitors will find. — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

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graveyards

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Abrams focuses on 18th and 19th century headstones in remote yet picturesque graveyards in Vermont, and her viewers are drawn to her deep dives into the past that also touch on the dark nature of death and spirits.

— Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Some of these spooky spectacles incorporate lights that dance to music, animatronics that come to life and graveyards full of tombstones.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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