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
On some, a photo of a young man or smiling young woman looks out at the nearby carpet of gravestones.
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Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
That started her mission of finding other gravestones with recipes.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Scrooge’s lonely gravestone appears stage right via hand crank.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
His gravestone is broken, and Klein hopes that members of TikTok’s gravestone restoration community may eventually help decipher the inscription and shed light on what became of Sarah.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
That started her mission of finding other gravestones with recipes.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Scrooge’s lonely gravestone appears stage right via hand crank.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
His gravestone is broken, and Klein hopes that members of TikTok’s gravestone restoration community may eventually help decipher the inscription and shed light on what became of Sarah.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravestone
Noun
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Workmen are erecting identical marble tombstones.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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And on April 19, congregants toured Pensacola’s Jewish cemetery, where the oldest tombstone dates from 1874 and many inscriptions are in Hebrew and German as well as English.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Leave the monuments to the developers and let city employees work in a clean, safe and frugal environment.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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The exhibition is the brainchild of guest curator Paul Farber, who spent years exploring the meaning of the statue and public monuments — including through his NPR podcasts — before bringing the conversation into the museum.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravestone. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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