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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But despite the promise, retail’s graveyard is full of the bones of many once-dominant retailers who closed up shop after being bought by private equity firms.
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Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Loading your audio article A judge has rejected a request by the owner of Mount Tamalpais Cemetery and Mortuary to regain control over millions of dollars in maintenance funds for four Bay Area graveyards.
—Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Trump’s full-on assault could be the black swan that finally sends struggling tuition-dependent schools to the graveyard.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The poem, one of Frost’s finest, comprises a dialogue between a husband and wife who have recently buried a child in a small graveyard near their home.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Loading your audio article A judge has rejected a request by the owner of Mount Tamalpais Cemetery and Mortuary to regain control over millions of dollars in maintenance funds for four Bay Area graveyards.
—Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Trump’s full-on assault could be the black swan that finally sends struggling tuition-dependent schools to the graveyard.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The poem, one of Frost’s finest, comprises a dialogue between a husband and wife who have recently buried a child in a small graveyard near their home.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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