as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead
reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
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Recent Examples of graveyard
By 1979, too, one of the Pike’s foremost attractions was already gone, first to the L.A. County coroner’s office, and then to a graveyard in Oklahoma.
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Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
But this graveyard of circuitry isn’t just a static memorial to past tech trends.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 26 June 2025
Their build-first mentality has created a graveyard of startups that died searching for problems to solve, dazzling users with technical sophistication while leaving them wondering what they're supposed to do with it.
—Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Facebook Lead Forms Facebook lead forms were once a gold mine, but are now a graveyard of fake names and ghost emails—low intent, zero commitment.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
But this graveyard of circuitry isn’t just a static memorial to past tech trends.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 26 June 2025
Their build-first mentality has created a graveyard of startups that died searching for problems to solve, dazzling users with technical sophistication while leaving them wondering what they're supposed to do with it.
—Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Facebook Lead Forms Facebook lead forms were once a gold mine, but are now a graveyard of fake names and ghost emails—low intent, zero commitment.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graveyard
cemetery
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However, probably my favorite place to stay is in Recoleta, home to the imposing cemetery where Eva Peron is buried.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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And hundreds, if not thousands, of jack-o-lanterns in all sizes and colors, a zoo of skeleton animals (even octopus), cutesy yard signs, gigantic inflatables and enough grave stones to fill a cemetery.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 July 2025
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveyard. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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