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In an inscription outside of the current building, writer Tom Corcoran claims Buffett once escaped the apartment upstairs from the bar after a lovers’ quarrel and that patrons often stood on bricks to stay out of runoff from the overflowing bathrooms while gambling on games of pool.
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Across Pompeii, over 11,000 inscriptions have been found, including political commentary, love declarations, sporting slogans, jokes, and poems — the graffiti of its time, almost like an ancient Reddit board.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
The wall, first discovered in 1794, contains roughly 300 surviving inscriptions.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Famine refuses to choose which temporality governs, because its very structure works across multiple times at once, just as the catastrophe itself persists across event, acknowledgment, and ongoing material inscription.
—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Across Pompeii, over 11,000 inscriptions have been found, including political commentary, love declarations, sporting slogans, jokes, and poems — the graffiti of its time, almost like an ancient Reddit board.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
The wall, first discovered in 1794, contains roughly 300 surviving inscriptions.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Famine refuses to choose which temporality governs, because its very structure works across multiple times at once, just as the catastrophe itself persists across event, acknowledgment, and ongoing material inscription.
—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inscription
epitaph
Noun
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That was the takeaway from his interview with Politico, an epitaph for the continent’s migration policy, strategic posture and governing class.—
Newsweek Editors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2025
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Finale affirm Hamlin’s career epitaph is heartbreak: Denny Hamlin -- at age 44 the greatest driver to never win a Cup Series season championship -- was three laps away from his first, but instead left Phoenix Raceway as downtrodden as he’s been.—
Greg Cote
November 9,
Miami Herald,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Inscription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inscription. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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