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tombstones

noun

plural of tombstone

as in monuments

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 tombstones The eight objects offered at Bonhams and Apollo Art Auction House include statue heads, an inscription and tombstones. — News Desk, Artforum, 7 July 2026 The group comprises statue heads, a statue, an inscription, and funerary stelae (tombstones). — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026 The skies are gloomy and overcast, fitting for a trip among the tombstones. — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026 The Pontiac Gazette newspaper in Oakland County reported storm damage included apple and peach trees uprooted or twisted, churches destroyed, and cemetery tombstones blown down. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 26 May 2026 Workmen are erecting identical marble tombstones. — ABC News, 25 Apr. 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 By day the place was filled with different sorts of tombstones, many of them inside ornamental enclosures. — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026 Their names are listed in the African American Museum’s exhibit, but not at the cemetery as there are no tombstones left there – except for a few. — Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026

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For major memorials and monuments, that review can involve years of consultation before participating agencies and parties reach an agreement on how adverse effects will be addressed.

— Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
Though there are monuments and memorials — sidewalk plaques, benches, murals — sprinkled around the globe, there appear to be very few Jackson statues permanently displayed in the United States.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026

Definition of monuments

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The robot successfully navigated university campuses, forest trails, grassy fields, rocky terrain, staircases, stepping stones, logs, gaps, and fallen branches.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
The rest of the structure was made from stones (carefully stacked, with no mortar) and turf cut into chunks from the peat bogs.

— Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2026

Definition of stones

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Many of the gravestones were moved to Alder Brook and West Cemetery and remain there today.

— Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
Haunted Mansion props on the parade floats will include the conservatory casket, cryptic gravestones, gargoyle candleholders, haunted armor and stretching room portraits, according to the concept art.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 June 2026

Definition of gravestones

Noun

For more than a century, Anna Horan’s gravesite was one of the thousands marked by squat, featureless headstones arranged in uneven rows along the hillside in New Haven’s Blake Street Cemetery.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
Hudspeth and other volunteers took over the cleanup by picking up leaves and fallen branches and cleaning broken and toppled headstones.

— Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026

Definition of headstones

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When activated, those cells begin clearing away existing amyloid plaques, a process that was associated with reduced plaque buildup and improved cognitive function, the study found.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
And in mice with more advanced conditions, with unstable plaques that are more likely to rupture, treatment reduced the plaque size by 52%.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025

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