as in graveyard
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 cemetery
Next door, a cemetery still in use, is the final resting place of local chieftains and several notable poets from County Kerry.
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Andrea Bussell, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
The report also details the discovery of ancient human remains, including that of an infant, that had been buried in formal fashion, suggesting the site served as an indigenous cemetery.
—Andres Viglucci
july 4, Miami Herald, 4 July 2025
While the parade is in motion, West Chester-Union Township Historical Society members read aloud the names of all veterans interred at the cemetery, where more than 700 are laid to rest, including 100 Civil War veterans and one Revolutionary War veteran.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
State employee health plans must include high-deductible options. Military and Veterans
For military families and veterans:
Eligibility for burial in state veterans cemeteries has been expanded.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
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Andrea Bussell, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
The report also details the discovery of ancient human remains, including that of an infant, that had been buried in formal fashion, suggesting the site served as an indigenous cemetery.
—Andres Viglucci
july 4, Miami Herald, 4 July 2025
While the parade is in motion, West Chester-Union Township Historical Society members read aloud the names of all veterans interred at the cemetery, where more than 700 are laid to rest, including 100 Civil War veterans and one Revolutionary War veteran.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
State employee health plans must include high-deductible options. Military and Veterans
For military families and veterans:
Eligibility for burial in state veterans cemeteries has been expanded.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for cemetery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cemetery
graveyard
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Gein, who lived in the rural Wisconsin community of Plainfield, confessed in 1957 to killing two local women and to digging up bodies from graveyards and using body parts and skin to make everything from trophies to lampshades.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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At the Granary and the King’s Chapel graveyard a few hundred feet away, the most common, earliest decoration is a low, arched stone in which a winged skull is carved in a band on top.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
19 July 2025
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“Cemetery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cemetery. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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