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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
That is why many of these geometric landscape features were eventually preserved as monuments or converted into parks.
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Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
The Freedom Tower stands as a monument to that same truth.
—Brian Siegal, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
There are no monuments or memorials to the Nazis.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
The House will vote on legislation to create a commission of federal officials who would come up with ways to beautify the District of Columbia and restore federal monuments.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
The Freedom Tower stands as a monument to that same truth.
—Brian Siegal, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
There are no monuments or memorials to the Nazis.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
The House will vote on legislation to create a commission of federal officials who would come up with ways to beautify the District of Columbia and restore federal monuments.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monument
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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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The strikes, which included hits on areas in western Ukraine far from the front lines, are a stark reminder that Moscow's war continues even as Western officials are consumed with the conflict in the Middle East.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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Closed schools across the Gulf are a reminder that when conflicts escalate, children are the first to pay the price, the UN’s secretary general told the Security Council earlier this month, Arab News reported.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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China and other countries want the prestige of landing on the moon, while the United States wants to use the moon as a stepping stone.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Otero, who works out of her studio in the West Bottoms, makes earrings, claw clips, charm necklaces and bracelets out of acrylics, metal, stones and beads, using inspiration for her childhood swimming in the ocean.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
Updated March 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2026
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As some news outlets reported, the suspect in the Michigan attack, a Lebanese American named Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, had recently attended a memorial for four members of his family who were killed by an Israeli air strike in eastern Lebanon.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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City leaders, veterans, and families gathered Sunday at Piedmont Park to unveil Atlanta's first Vietnam War memorial.—
CBS News Atlanta Staff,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The plaque that Drake Baldwin received for being voted the National League Rookie of the Year was not the only prized hardware that the Braves catcher accepted this past offseason.—
Ken Sugiura,
AJC.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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DeVos wasn’t kidding, and on Monday, in front of close friends and family, current and former Magic executives and employees and local community leaders, a plaque was unveiled with Martins’ name on it at the Orlando Magic Hall of Fame that’s located in Kia Center on the terrace level.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monument. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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