hic jacet

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Noun
  • But Young says the smaller inscriptions on bullets could be harder to make sense of.
    Connor Greene, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In it were multiple shell casings with etched inscriptions that appeared to reference internet memes.
    Kevin Breuninger,Christina Wilkie, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So did James’ mother, who authorized the epitaph.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 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
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“Hic jacet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hic%20jacet. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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