churchyards

plural of churchyard

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for churchyards
Noun
  • In Florida, the Heritage Monitoring Scouts visit archaeological sites, including cemeteries, forts and mills, to record any impacts after extreme weather events.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But there’s a lot more to visit there than just battlefields and cemeteries.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The problem is that NIMBYs actually want to dictate what happens in other people’s backyards.
    Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The homeowner said the camera recorded someone running through backyards after the shooting.
    Michael Ruiz , Peter D'Abrosca , Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , David Spunt , CB Cotton, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While it is generally recommended to clear vegetable gardens at the end of a season for soil preparation and to reduce pest and disease retention, ornamental beds are prime candidates to leave in place until the next growing season.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Elizabeth Park’s formal gardens and walking loops burst with beautiful leaves.
    Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Wednesday Pays a Visit to Her Grandmama Hester Frump manages funeral homes and graveyards.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The company is surveying about 5,000 acres near Big Pond and Tuckahoe roads to see what the best fit would be and avoid areas like Beasley Cemetery and smaller private graveyards, McHugh said.
    Sarah Henry, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Multiple White House officials arrived in their current jobs after working at Turning Point USA, the conservative outreach group that Kirk led and co-founded to energize Republicans on college campuses.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Many of those at the vigils were young college students, a testament to his massive fanbase on college campuses.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Churchyards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchyards. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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