as in monument
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 historic cemetery's many tombstones marking the graves of children are telling reminders of the harshness of pioneer life
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Recent Examples of tombstone
The exhibition for its Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition is dominated by tombstone labels.
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Kelsey Ables,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Workmen are erecting identical marble tombstones.
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ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
And on April 19, congregants toured Pensacola’s Jewish cemetery, where the oldest tombstone dates from 1874 and many inscriptions are in Hebrew and German as well as English.
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Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Mar. 2026
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Kelsey Ables,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Workmen are erecting identical marble tombstones.
—
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
And on April 19, congregants toured Pensacola’s Jewish cemetery, where the oldest tombstone dates from 1874 and many inscriptions are in Hebrew and German as well as English.
—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tombstone
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But as the Lavra burned there was no sense that destroying a leading religious and cultural monument in a manner such as this was a war crime.
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Room, the former Columbus Crew goalkeeper, wanted Sweet 16 but would settle for a monument in his name.
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The structure’s orthostat blocks, which are large stone slabs made of marble, were reintroduced to the property in different ways.
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Respecting Nature Nature is key to Japan’s traditional Shinto religion, in which mountains, trees, stone and flowers are capable of having spirits.
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Last year, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that thieves had pried off a bronze plaque dedicating the building to the history of philadelphia from its main entrance.
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This Lego set features a T-rex skull with a moving jaw, a foot print fossil, and an information plaque.
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“Tombstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tombstone. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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