national monument
noun
: a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation
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the Statue of Liberty National Monument
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Two national monuments in Utah were downsized as a result, though the Biden Administration restored its original boundaries.
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Simmone Shah, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
In 2016, President Barack Obama designated Bears Ears a national monument.
—Erika Allen Wolters, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
The Stonewall Inn, a functioning bar and the site of the eponymous six day uprising in 1969, was designated as a national monument in 2016 by then-President Barack Obama.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
President Trump is also considering once more eviscerating national monument protection for Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears in southern Utah.
—Stephen Trimble, The Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2025
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Simmone Shah, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
In 2016, President Barack Obama designated Bears Ears a national monument.
—Erika Allen Wolters, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
The Stonewall Inn, a functioning bar and the site of the eponymous six day uprising in 1969, was designated as a national monument in 2016 by then-President Barack Obama.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
President Trump is also considering once more eviscerating national monument protection for Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears in southern Utah.
—Stephen Trimble, The Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for national monument
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“National monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20monument. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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