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 The teaser also sees the return of Modern Family star Julie Bowen as public relations head Virginia Venit, who is also Happy's love interest, and ends with a graveyard face-off between Happy and his old rival Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald). Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 25 Dec. 2024 But there is also some humor, albeit of the graveyard variety. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024 There’s a creepy hitchhiker, a girl who becomes impaled by a meat hook, and graveyard vandalism, all told in a grainy, documentary style (including a series of unsettling radio reports and opening narration). Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024 Avoid the pilot graveyard by investing in scalable AI architecture, now. Sarah Elk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for graveyard 

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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveyard. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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