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many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
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Net mortuary and cemetery sales decreased slightly to $6,814,331 from $7,234,031, with a reduction in cemetery pre-need sales.
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During the cholera outbreak in the mid-1800s, settlers turned to Indian Field to create a cemetery.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Carroll County Sheriff's Deputy Darron Giancola, who also was helping with the search, found a tennis shoe floating in the creek by a nearby cemetery.
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Carmen is convinced that Lila has randomly picked out a girl’s grave in a nearby cemetery to grieve Tina, but Lenù thinks that’s just a morbid fantasy.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
During the cholera outbreak in the mid-1800s, settlers turned to Indian Field to create a cemetery.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Carroll County Sheriff's Deputy Darron Giancola, who also was helping with the search, found a tennis shoe floating in the creek by a nearby cemetery.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2024
Carmen is convinced that Lila has randomly picked out a girl’s grave in a nearby cemetery to grieve Tina, but Lenù thinks that’s just a morbid fantasy.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Cemetery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cemetery. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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cemetery
noun
cem·e·tery
ˈsem-ə-ˌter-ē 
plural cemeteries
: a place where dead people are buried : graveyard
Etymology
Middle English cimitery "cemetery," from early French cimiterie (same meaning), from Latin coemeterium "cemetery," from Greek koimētērion "sleeping chamber, burial place," from koiman "to put to sleep"
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