graveyard
noun
grave·yard
ˈgrāv-ˌyärd 
1
: cemetery
2
: something resembling a graveyard
an automobile graveyard
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reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
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The types of rocks found in the underground of a graveyard play an important role in the decay of corpses.
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David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
When my dad had his accident, people would talk about spinal cord injury research as the graveyard of neuroscience.
—Abc News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2024
But Oz reels him in with a bygones-be-bygones-type dismissal of the whole graveyard incident from the previous episode, plus a $1,000 stack of bills for his trouble.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
His black limestone grave marker was found in the graveyard outside of Jamestown Memorial Church.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
When my dad had his accident, people would talk about spinal cord injury research as the graveyard of neuroscience.
—Abc News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2024
But Oz reels him in with a bygones-be-bygones-type dismissal of the whole graveyard incident from the previous episode, plus a $1,000 stack of bills for his trouble.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
His black limestone grave marker was found in the graveyard outside of Jamestown Memorial Church.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveyard. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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