as in tombstone
a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased
we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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Recent Examples of gravestone
Images of the actual gravestones were added in previous years.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
In fact, the search giant has a history of killing so many of its services that there’s a website dedicated to tracking all the gravestones.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 9 June 2025
Reflecting the deep gratitude of the family for the ceremony and gravestone paid for through Mathews’ fundraising, Ashley Tyson presented a donation to Watson’s First Tee of Greater Kansas City.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
Along with adorning Morrison’s tomb with graffiti, fans have also taken to scrawling directions to the tomb on the gravestones of other people buried at Père-Lachaise.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
In fact, the search giant has a history of killing so many of its services that there’s a website dedicated to tracking all the gravestones.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 9 June 2025
Reflecting the deep gratitude of the family for the ceremony and gravestone paid for through Mathews’ fundraising, Ashley Tyson presented a donation to Watson’s First Tee of Greater Kansas City.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
Along with adorning Morrison’s tomb with graffiti, fans have also taken to scrawling directions to the tomb on the gravestones of other people buried at Père-Lachaise.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravestone
Noun
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The tombstone of his uncle, Pleas Monroe Rector, is also at the cemetery, Ernest Rector said.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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On Jane Austen’s tombstone in Winchester Cathedral in England, no mention is made of her achievements as a novelist.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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Even so, last year, the city of Hartford picked up the tab for $150,000 in maintenance that covered cutting down dead trees that posed a safety hazard; hauling away illegally dumped items and removing of overgrowth and mowing around hundreds of headstones and monuments.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
6 July 2025
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The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravestone. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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