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monument

noun

ˈmän-yə-mənt

as in tombstone

a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased the Quakers disapproved of monuments, regarding them as idolatrous, so thousands of Nantucketers spend their eternal rest in complete anonymity

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as in reminder

something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event a moving monument to the great war and a tribute to the untold millions who died in it

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Recent Examples of monument Those marching orders left opponents and free speech advocates in disbelief, wondering how park employees were supposed to put a sunny spin on monuments acknowledging slavery, Jim Crow laws and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. —

Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 Trump has also placed focus on repairing Washington monuments ahead of America’s 250th birthday. —

Tiago Ventura, Time, 28 May 2026 To many of them, the world had become a terrible place, even if their names were not added to battlefield monuments. —

Literary Hub, 27 May 2026 The monument would stand roughly opposite Arlington National Cemetery at a busy traffic circle where several major commuter routes converge. —

Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for monument

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The Pontiac Gazette newspaper in Oakland County reported storm damage included apple and peach trees uprooted or twisted, churches destroyed, and cemetery tombstones blown down.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 26 May 2026
The veil of past and present, for example, takes an abstract turn in Altar I, while Todos los santos (Para subir al Cielo) shows a cemetery with various cross-shaped tombstones, with a ladder leaning on a wall spectrally overlaid on the image.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026