as in tombstone
a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased
we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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Recent Examples of gravestone
Hitting Scrooge with his own gravestone would, after all, be decidedly off-book.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
His gravestone is broken, and Klein hopes that members of TikTok’s gravestone restoration community may eventually help decipher the inscription and shed light on what became of Sarah.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
While pursuing her masters in Library Science, author and archivist Rosie Grant created a TikTok account called GhostlyArchive, which focused on unique gravestones.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
Photos of your veterans could be mug shots, family photos or gravestones.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
His gravestone is broken, and Klein hopes that members of TikTok’s gravestone restoration community may eventually help decipher the inscription and shed light on what became of Sarah.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
While pursuing her masters in Library Science, author and archivist Rosie Grant created a TikTok account called GhostlyArchive, which focused on unique gravestones.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
Photos of your veterans could be mug shots, family photos or gravestones.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravestone
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Last year, the City Council approved an ordinance to offer rewards for information involving theft of city plaques, tombstones, statues, light standards, and copper wire, and theft of metals linked to the Sixth Street Bridge.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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By day the place was filled with different sorts of tombstones, many of them inside ornamental enclosures.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Organizers are expecting some 1,500 Olympians, a bit over half those who competed in the Games, to parade into the monument built in the first century for gladiator fights and exotic animal hunts.—
Colleen Barry,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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The mansion, often considered a monument to Roaring ‘20s ostentation, stretches from the Intracoastal to the Atlantic Ocean.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravestone. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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