Thesaurus results for EPITAPH

epitaph

noun

as in inscription

something inscribed on a gravestone in memory of a dead person The epitaph reads "In loving memory of John Gray: husband, father, soldier."

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Recent Examples of epitaph Even the White House Historical Association, with a caution that has become typical of this dark time, confines itself to stating that it has been allowed to make a digital record of what’s being destroyed—as though that were a defense, rather than an epitaph. —

Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025 An epitaph is an inscription in memory of someone, usually on a tombstone. —

Kathy and Ross Petrass, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2025 This famous epitaph is not real, but commonly repeated. —

Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025 The show goes ahead without her, a close up of the microphone occupying her empty chair, is perhaps her most damning epitaph. —

Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for epitaph

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inscription

Noun

The structure would be taller than the Arc de Triomphe and the Lincoln Memorial, topped by a 60-foot winged figure and embellished with gilded eagles, lions, and patriotic inscriptions.

— Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 6 May 2026
In a description of the portrait of Boleyn, the Royal Collection Trust acknowledges the doubt surrounding their identification of the sitter, and notes that it is based on a later inscription.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026