Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for megaliths
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The stones in the ear rods have not yet been identified, Hancock said.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026 -
Others were hit with stones and beaten with sticks, including Khatab who said his leg was broken.—
Fadwa Hodali,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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Details throughout the building also pay homage to Pericles, the great Athenian general who was instrumental in the building of the Parthenon and other monuments in the city and whose name graces the street where the hotel is located.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2026
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About 2 miles north on Central, though, stand more quiet monuments, testaments to Native American resistance and resilience.—
Rebecca 'Becca' Dyer,
AZCentral.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Snowfalls coat its granite monoliths, and cold temperatures turn parts of Yosemite Falls to ice.—
Skye Sherman,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2026
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The two gin monoliths, like so much of the visual design of the film, gave production designer Suzie Davies and her team the chance to reach the apex of a feeling — whether anger, sadness, despair, or desire.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
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Many gravestones were broken and lay crumbled on the ground.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Brothers Keith and Terrence Nicks were found guilty by separate juries of desecration of human remains, removal of human remains and removal of more than 10 gravestones and markers.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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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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Many of the headstones have toppled, vegetation has grown over the cemetery and a stone wall has collapsed.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The result was a database of over 5,000 headstones marking where over 6,000 individuals had been laid to rest.—
Robbyn Abbitt,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
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Pyramids and obelisks are sun symbols, and Hawksmoor and his fellow Masons have positioned them round the city.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Obelisco collection pays homage to the obelisks originally built at the entrances of Egyptian temples at the top of pyramids to evoke the sun’s rays to honor the Sun God Ra.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Megaliths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megaliths. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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