as in tombstone
a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased
we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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Recent Examples of gravestone
Their lives were modest and so were their graves, marked not with expensive granite but with wooden crosses or metal markers in the shape of traditional gravestones.
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Maria Cramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Lebanon police were called to Cedar Grove Cemetery on July 16, 2022 on a report of gravestones being pushed over and separated from their bases, according to prosecutors.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The bodies are buried with their heads to the west in three north-south rows, but nearly all of their gravestones have sunk below the surface.
—Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The end of the film sees a gravestone, as the infamous assassin is laid to rest next to his wife.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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Maria Cramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Lebanon police were called to Cedar Grove Cemetery on July 16, 2022 on a report of gravestones being pushed over and separated from their bases, according to prosecutors.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The bodies are buried with their heads to the west in three north-south rows, but nearly all of their gravestones have sunk below the surface.
—Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
The end of the film sees a gravestone, as the infamous assassin is laid to rest next to his wife.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravestone
Noun
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With intention, Rashid Johnson visited the boxer’s grave in 2006 and photographed himself slumped upon its tombstone.—
Yinka Elujoba,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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The tombstone has ten lines of inscriptions and identified the man laid to rest inside the tomb, according to the release.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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President Trump’s 2026 budget proposal recommends cutting more than $1.2 billion from the NPS, which manages 433 areas including national parks, monuments, battlefields, military parks, comprising 85 million acres of federal land in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Jiggly Caliente and Sam Nordquist are among this year’s all-trans class of inductees to the National LGBTQ+ Wall of Honor, a monument inside New York City’s Stonewall Inn.—
James Factora,
Them.,
7 May 2025
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravestone. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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