as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead
Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, is the memorial park that serves as the final resting place for many of Hollywood's greatest
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Recent Examples of memorial park
Guided trolley tours through the memorial parks often sell out weeks in advance — especially as Halloween and the Catholic observances of All Saints and All Souls draw near in October.
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
City officials and community members honored Dr. Ossian Sweet's family by unveiling an educational memorial park.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Near the hypocenter, where the bomb detonated about 2,000 feet above, is a peace memorial park and museum that includes the iconic atomic dome.
—Mai Nishiyama, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
Yelchin’s family found Hollywood Forever when other local memorial parks wouldn’t allow a life-size bronze figure of the young actor.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 June 2025
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
City officials and community members honored Dr. Ossian Sweet's family by unveiling an educational memorial park.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Near the hypocenter, where the bomb detonated about 2,000 feet above, is a peace memorial park and museum that includes the iconic atomic dome.
—Mai Nishiyama, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
Yelchin’s family found Hollywood Forever when other local memorial parks wouldn’t allow a life-size bronze figure of the young actor.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorial park
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They were charged after a 2009 FBI and Cook County sheriff’s office investigation revealed 1,500 bones of at least 29 people sprawled across the grounds at Alsip’s Burr Oak Cemetery — the same cemetery where lynching victim Emmett Till is buried.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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This meant the city was now solely and fully responsible for the management and maintenance of this historic and active cemetery.—
Robbyn Abbitt,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
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With this, Fennell immediately seems to be leaning into the death cult surrounding the Brontë sisters, who all died young (allegedly from drinking contaminated graveyard water).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 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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“Memorial park.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorial%20park. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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