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
many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic
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Recent Examples of headstone
Even the headstone of his grave was removed.
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The department raised money for her headstone and continued to search DNA databases for a suspect until Onduto’s arrest last year.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Later, viewers finally get confirmation that Monica is dead as Kayce goes to her headstone.
—Peter White, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026
So a small cemetery of roughly 300 headstones would require nearly 60 hours of work to successfully map.
—Robbyn Abbitt, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The department raised money for her headstone and continued to search DNA databases for a suspect until Onduto’s arrest last year.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Later, viewers finally get confirmation that Monica is dead as Kayce goes to her headstone.
—Peter White, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026
So a small cemetery of roughly 300 headstones would require nearly 60 hours of work to successfully map.
—Robbyn Abbitt, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headstone
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In 1975, the museum purchased his work Georgia Gate, a structure of fluidly bent pine staves inspired by photos of Georgia tombstones the artist saw in musicologist Marshall Stearns’s 1970 book The Story of Jazz.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Mar. 2026
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Last year, the City Council approved an ordinance to offer rewards for information involving theft of city plaques, tombstones, statues, light standards, and copper wire, and theft of metals linked to the Sixth Street Bridge.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Despite this drop in visitors, 26 of the 433 sites in the NPS system—which includes national parks, monuments, historic sites, battlefields, recreation areas, preserves, and seashores—broke all-time records for visitation.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
13 Mar. 2026
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Artist Lauren Halsey has built an architectural monument to South Los Angeles — its past, present and future.—
Jane Horowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Headstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headstone. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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