cenotaphs

plural of cenotaph
as in memorials
a special structure or statue that is built to remind people of a dead person who is buried somewhere else

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Noun
  • They are buried close to the eternal flame that marks JFK's gravesite, a trio of memorials that are a major draw for the millions of people who visit the Arlington cemetery each year.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
  • They are buried close to the eternal flame that marks JFK’s gravesite, a trio of memorials that are a major draw for the millions of people who visit the Arlington cemetery each year.
    — Jonathan J. Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • After all, the path of totality crosses Luxor, home to Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, and some of the ancient world's most famous monuments.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The Legion keeps a worldwide database, complete with descriptions and photos, of nearly 3,800 military monuments and veterans memorials.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The model supports a context window of up to 256,000 tokens and can process multiple types of data simultaneously.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Frontier models like Gemini take time to churn through their tokens, but robots need to be able to operate without long pauses.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 10 Nov. 2026
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“Cenotaphs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cenotaphs. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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