Sentence examples for graveyard of from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "graveyard of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used metaphorically to describe a place or situation where things go to be forgotten or abandoned, such as ideas, projects, or technologies.
Example: "The old factory has become a graveyard of forgotten machinery and rusting equipment."
Alternatives: "cemetery of" or "dumping ground for".

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The graveyard of many dreams.

The New York Times

AVIATION is the graveyard of Whitehall policymaking.

The Economist

Wasn't this the graveyard of empires?

The New Yorker

Experienced handicappers know Saratoga by the sobriquet "graveyard of champions".

The New York Times

Spinal-cord-injury research was considered "the graveyard of neurobiology".

The New Yorker

America is the graveyard of many European banks' ambitions.

The Economist

AFGHANISTAN is said to be the graveyard of empires.

The Economist

Afghanistan is more than the "graveyard of empires".

The New York Times

The Middle East has been a graveyard of good intentions.

The Economist

Or perhaps an elephants' graveyard of Roland Mouret dresses?

The Guardian - Lifestyle

Afghanistan is no longer the graveyard of any empire.

The New York Times

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