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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The problems with such memorials go deeper still than that.—
Time,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Those posts have now turned into memorials, with fans flooding the comments to express their grief.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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During perestroika, the city regained its historical name of Mairupol, and Ukrainian authorities demolished Zhdanov city monuments.—
Yegor Mostovshikov,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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At the time, the Czech capital still held traces of Kafka’s era; now, Prague serves almost like a shrine to the author, with an official museum and several monuments around town, which range from iconic to kitsch in her view.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, the WGC — a trade body that represents the gold industry — launched a proposal for the roll-out of Pooled Gold Interest (PGI) tokens backed by physical gold bars held in London, which could be used to trade bullion and use it as collateral.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
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Specifically the support and enthusiasm for stablecoins/stable tokens, highlighted by the recent launch of the Frontier token by the state of Wyoming provides an almost ideal on-ramp for AI and crypto to continue coalescing.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Cenotaphs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cenotaphs. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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