Thesaurus results for MAUSOLEUM

mausoleum

noun

as in monument

a stone building with places for the dead bodies of several people or the body of an important person The cemetery has many mausoleums for some of the cites most notable families.

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Recent Examples of mausoleum In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel — an old associate of El Mencho — and Arturo Beltrán Leyva. —

ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026 But don’t mistake Savannah for a mausoleum. —

Adam Kuehl, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026 After her death, the emperor commissioned the white-marble Taj Mahal mausoleum in Agra, India as a tribute to her. —

Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 In 1989, Ferdinand Marcos died and was buried at a mausoleum outside Honolulu alongside his favorite pajamas and golf cap. —

Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mausoleum

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Noun

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
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