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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
Parker is about a two-hour drive from Joshua Tree National Park, and Arizona is home to a number of National Park Service monuments, memorials, recreation areas, and historic sites (plus, of course, the Grand Canyon).
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
National parks, monuments and other sites would technically be closed to the public.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Although questions still surround the origin of proto-henges, the researchers believe Flagstones was a prototype for later monuments like Stonehenge based on the new chronology.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
Whether presidents have the authority to alter existing monuments is unclear and hotly contested.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
Project 2025 calls for downsizing more monuments and repealing the Antiquities Act.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
Critics see the move as opening the door to redraw or eliminate monuments.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
At some point, the batteries aboard each 47-year-old spacecraft will finally die, rendering the scientific probes into interstellar monuments to themselves.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2025
Rubenstein, who has poured tens of millions of dollars into restoring monuments and historic sites, had planned to step down from the board of the Kennedy Center last month.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
National parks, monuments and other sites would technically be closed to the public.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Although questions still surround the origin of proto-henges, the researchers believe Flagstones was a prototype for later monuments like Stonehenge based on the new chronology.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
Whether presidents have the authority to alter existing monuments is unclear and hotly contested.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
Project 2025 calls for downsizing more monuments and repealing the Antiquities Act.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
Critics see the move as opening the door to redraw or eliminate monuments.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
At some point, the batteries aboard each 47-year-old spacecraft will finally die, rendering the scientific probes into interstellar monuments to themselves.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2025
Rubenstein, who has poured tens of millions of dollars into restoring monuments and historic sites, had planned to step down from the board of the Kennedy Center last month.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Monuments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monuments. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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