national monument
noun
: a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation
Examples of national monument in a Sentence
the Statue of Liberty National Monument
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The Republican said in a video released by his office that the sales would not include national parks, national monuments or wilderness.
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Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 19 June 2025
What To Do Tour Castillo de San Marcos (a national monument built by the Spanish), or see Gilded Age art at the Lightner Museum.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
Where some public lands advocates cheer when Democratic presidents have named new national monuments and assigned federal workers to manage them, some Utah conservatives remain angry at those moves, hearkening back to the Sagebrush Rebellion invoked by President Ronald Reagan, among others.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
In 2017, more than 2.7 million people sent comments to President Donald Trump opposing his plans to shrink or modify 10 national monuments.
—Ryan Gellert, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
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Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 19 June 2025
What To Do Tour Castillo de San Marcos (a national monument built by the Spanish), or see Gilded Age art at the Lightner Museum.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
Where some public lands advocates cheer when Democratic presidents have named new national monuments and assigned federal workers to manage them, some Utah conservatives remain angry at those moves, hearkening back to the Sagebrush Rebellion invoked by President Ronald Reagan, among others.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
In 2017, more than 2.7 million people sent comments to President Donald Trump opposing his plans to shrink or modify 10 national monuments.
—Ryan Gellert, TIME, 25 Feb. 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 1 Jul. 2025.
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