as in cemeteries
a piece of land used for burying the dead
was laid in rest in God's acre, with a comforting view of the river he loved so much
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Noun
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In one of its more obscure functions, the office also licenses certain private cemeteries.—
Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026 -
Also, the cemeteries are major tourist attractions.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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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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Cities took on the atmosphere of graveyards, and mourning black became the dominant color of daily life.—
Shahrnush Parsipur,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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“God's acres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/God%27s%20acres. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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