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
During World War II, Jenkins began selling items like monuments, tombstones, furniture, home appliances, toys and gifts, in addition to their usual music products.
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Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Fixed a bug where allied player characters could clip through tombstones when Totem Stella was used.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
His people had been in the area since the early nineteenth century, and the tombstones were worn and covered in lichen.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
To avoid legal repercussions, the crew constructed a series of fake foam tombstones to strategically block real ones, complete with fictitious names that jokingly nodded to the cast and crew.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Craters and crushed tombstones at the local cemetery speak to the intensity of bombardment.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
There are lots of tombstones of great tech companies that don’t reinvent themselves.
—Alex Heath, The Verge, 6 Dec. 2024
Turn your front yard into an eerie cemetery with tombstones and freshly dug graves.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Put tombstones in flowerbeds, hang spiders from windows, or add a spooky wreath.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2024
Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Fixed a bug where allied player characters could clip through tombstones when Totem Stella was used.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
His people had been in the area since the early nineteenth century, and the tombstones were worn and covered in lichen.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
To avoid legal repercussions, the crew constructed a series of fake foam tombstones to strategically block real ones, complete with fictitious names that jokingly nodded to the cast and crew.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Craters and crushed tombstones at the local cemetery speak to the intensity of bombardment.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
There are lots of tombstones of great tech companies that don’t reinvent themselves.
—Alex Heath, The Verge, 6 Dec. 2024
Turn your front yard into an eerie cemetery with tombstones and freshly dug graves.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Put tombstones in flowerbeds, hang spiders from windows, or add a spooky wreath.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tombstones
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Before our very eyes, left-wing radicals toppled his statues, vandalized his monuments, tarnished his character, and sought to exile him from our public spaces.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
12 Oct. 2025
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Art Deco Mumbai Trust, which was founded by Atul Kumar in 2019 and is dedicated to chronicling Mumbai’s Deco period, has documented more than 1,400 Art Deco monuments in the Mumbai metro area alone.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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Allow ample width so it can be secured to the ground and held in place with stones or bricks.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Oct. 2025
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But the guards couldn’t stop adults in their neighborhood from throwing stones at the youngest Liuzzo sibling, 6-year-old Sally.—
Emma George-Griffin,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Over time, the library buildings expanded to encompass the cemetery, with the Crusade-era gravestones embedded in the flagstones.—
Ryan Byrnes,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Gothic spires of Holy Trinity Abbey pierce the drifting clouds, while the Augustinian Friary—a 14th-century monastic retreat founded by the Earls of Kildare—sleeps among yews and whispering gravestones.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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No grounds maintenance or placement of permanent headstones at VA cemeteries.—
C. A. Bridges,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Applications for headstones, markers, and burial benefits processing will continue.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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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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“Tombstones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tombstones. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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