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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 Cities took on the atmosphere of graveyards, and mourning black became the dominant color of daily life. — Shahrnush Parsipur, Time, 3 Feb. 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 These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby critters. — ABC News, 10 June 2026 The new observations reveal that under the right conditions, even these hostile stellar graveyards can preserve frozen molecules. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026 Tidy Entryways and Mudrooms Mudrooms and entryways can be graveyards of clutter. — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 22 May 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 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 The largest and deepest of these whale graveyards was discovered in the Diamantina Fracture Zone—a deep-sea trench located about 1,400 km (about 870 miles) off the coast of Western Australia in the Indian Ocean. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026

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cemeteries

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The National Flag Foundation sent an American flag to all the states, territories and military cemeteries around the world.

— Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion, churches, monasteries, mosques, synagogues, prayer houses, cemeteries, and religious schools have been damaged or destroyed.

— Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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