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Recent Examples of inscription
According to an associated inscription, the remains belonged to the Buddha, who was thought to have been buried nearby.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
The tomb should be in the ground; simple, without particular ornamentation, bearing only the inscription: Franciscus.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
The renovation work also uncovered a coin from 1862, symbolic carving, buttons, fabric scraps, ceramics and a paper with an unknown inscription, the institute said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
One of the reliquaries was marked with a short inscription suggesting that the bone fragments belonged to the Buddha.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
The tomb should be in the ground; simple, without particular ornamentation, bearing only the inscription: Franciscus.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
The renovation work also uncovered a coin from 1862, symbolic carving, buttons, fabric scraps, ceramics and a paper with an unknown inscription, the institute said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
One of the reliquaries was marked with a short inscription suggesting that the bone fragments belonged to the Buddha.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inscription
epitaph
Noun
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The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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See treasures Human remains that had been burned were also found inside the tomb, along with grave goods like a black-glazed porcelain basin, a white porcelain cup, a bronze mirror, a jade hairpin, a wooden comb and an epitaph, or tombstone.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Inscription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inscription. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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