as in monument
a tall, four-sided stone column that becomes narrower toward the top and that ends in a point
The granite obelisk stands at the exact center of the park.
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Recent Examples of obelisk
Her materials include those most basic elements of the earth—geology—and her forms borrow from totems, obelisks, prehistoric megaliths, and Indigenous Caribbean zeniths.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The Heizer sort of fills in for the obelisk.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
The elephant, located in the Piazza della Minerva in front of the basilica, holds the obelisk on its back.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Better just to glimpse, out of the corner of his eye, the obelisk with its modernist air rising up in the center of the plaza and only get a fleeting, distant view of the wind rose at its base.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The Heizer sort of fills in for the obelisk.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
The elephant, located in the Piazza della Minerva in front of the basilica, holds the obelisk on its back.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Better just to glimpse, out of the corner of his eye, the obelisk with its modernist air rising up in the center of the plaza and only get a fleeting, distant view of the wind rose at its base.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for obelisk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obelisk
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The James Marshall monument was built at the urging of Native Sons of the Golden West, a fraternal organization devoted to preserving California’s settler past; members had to be white men born in the state.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Rather than being surrounded by six lanes of asphalt and rushing traffic, people would easy have access to rest comfortably around the monument.—
Lucius Riccio,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
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In a Wednesday ruling, the Supreme Court weakened a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, striking down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana and empowering officials to redraw state congressional maps.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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For many Black Americans, the decision was a death knell for a cherished pillar of the Civil Rights Movement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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“Obelisk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obelisk. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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