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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
The marble structure is, however, still a monument of sorts.
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Installed for the monument’s debut at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, the staircase carried visitors skyward for nearly a century before being dismantled in 1983, when elevators replaced the climb.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Barber began his foray into monument building by spearheading the installation of a statue of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins at KSC’s Apollo/Saturn V Center Moon Tree Garden in 2019.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
What monuments are in Washington Square Park now?
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Installed for the monument’s debut at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, the staircase carried visitors skyward for nearly a century before being dismantled in 1983, when elevators replaced the climb.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Barber began his foray into monument building by spearheading the installation of a statue of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins at KSC’s Apollo/Saturn V Center Moon Tree Garden in 2019.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
What monuments are in Washington Square Park now?
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 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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Krasner was also the third woman ever to receive a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, after Georgia O’Keefe in the 1940s and Louise Bourgeois in the 1980s—a reminder that institutional recognition has long outpaced market confidence.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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And each served as a reminder that even in times of despair, our nation is still turning out good people, humble people, talented people, people determined to move the world forward through hard work, compassion and teamwork.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Unlike the blue plaques affixed to residences in London, which indicate where notable figures once lived, or the Stolpersteine (or stumbling stones) embedded in the sidewalks of German cities to mark the former homes of Holocaust victims, Bucharest’s red disks are not commemorative but predictive.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The new report also tracked an increase in antisemitic attacks that resulted in physical harm, including beatings and stone throwing.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in locating a statue stolen from the memorial of a deputy who died in a gunfight with Christopher Dorner in 2013.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Later that night, Cloud went out with his friend Daniel Aguilera to spray paint a memorial for another friend who had died from a fentanyl overdose six years ago.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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In 2017, Judith organized a group of surviving twins to gather in Jerusalem, where a plaque was unveiled in honor of the twin children who were killed.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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On this day, Clean Miami Beach presented Jason Hyde with a plaque of appreciation.—
Najahe Sherman,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monument. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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