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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The former model wore black knee-high Christian Louboutin boots to the rainy event at the 639-acre cemetery, which has more than 400,000 headstones.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
Beyond girl power: A Celtic cemetery in southwest England has offered a tantalizing view of a women-centric society, a recent study found.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Since intact remains from this period are rare, the researchers were happy to have discovered the cemetery in the first place.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
She was buried in an unmarked grave in a segregated cemetery.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
Beyond girl power: A Celtic cemetery in southwest England has offered a tantalizing view of a women-centric society, a recent study found.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Since intact remains from this period are rare, the researchers were happy to have discovered the cemetery in the first place.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
She was buried in an unmarked grave in a segregated cemetery.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Cemetery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cemetery. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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