Thesaurus results for MONUMENTS

monuments

noun

plural of monument

as in tombstones

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 reminders

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 monuments California leaders swiftly called for the removal of Chavez’s name from monuments, streets, buildings and holidays. —

Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026 In 2020, the murder of George Floyd ignited a nationwide reckoning on race, which prompted communities and institutions across the nation, including California, to remove public monuments of former slaveholders or prominent Confederate figures. —

Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026 The news has been met with swift reactions nationwide, including a push to rename César Chavez Day in California and a move to repaint murals, rename schools and remove monuments in his honor in Chicago. —

Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026 Now, local officials in multiple states have begun the herculean work of changing the names of locations and holidays, as well as contemplating the fate of monuments and murals that honor Chavez. —

Daniella Silva, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026 Elgin had used the vessel to transport artifacts from Greece to Britain, including relics taken from the Parthenon and other monuments on the Greek Acropolis, the ministry said. —

Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026 Across the nation, groups that have honored Chavez — as well as government bodies that had put his name on monuments, buildings, parks and more — were scrambling to distance themselves from him. —

Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026 There are more than 7,000 glaciers capping the hills of Gilgit-Baltistan, and travelers on the new trip can trek alongside them following visits to ancient Buddhist monuments and mud-brick forts. —

The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026 There are no towering monuments to him. —

Jacob Lane The Chicago Tribune, Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 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
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