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
Icons of lineage decorated the landscape in the form of gravestones in cemeteries and the king’s coat of arms on public buildings.
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Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2025
Newburyport Police over the weekend received reports of two gravestones that appeared to be damaged and vandalized at Oak Hill Cemetery.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
Police were told that the gravestones from the late 1800s appeared to have had their plaques and headstones forcibly removed.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
Stones River National Cemetery (May 25, Murfreesboro): Youth groups will place flags on the more than 7,000 gravestones at the Stones River National Cemetery on Saturday.
—Alessia Sandala, The Tennessean, 26 May 2025
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Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2025
Newburyport Police over the weekend received reports of two gravestones that appeared to be damaged and vandalized at Oak Hill Cemetery.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
Police were told that the gravestones from the late 1800s appeared to have had their plaques and headstones forcibly removed.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
Stones River National Cemetery (May 25, Murfreesboro): Youth groups will place flags on the more than 7,000 gravestones at the Stones River National Cemetery on Saturday.
—Alessia Sandala, The Tennessean, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravestone
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But researchers hope the tombstone and skeleton will offer up more clues about who the man was.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 July 2025
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The tombstone was then lifted earlier in July, revealing the complete skeleton of an adult male, thought to have lived around the 13th or 14th century.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
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Take any major African American institution or monument—Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, Obama Presidential Center, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial—and McKissack & McKissack was likely connected to the construction or design, with Deryl McKissack at the helm.—
Maggie McGrath,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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In 2017, after a competency hearing, Gille was found not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of dismemberment and mutilation of dead bodies and malicious destruction of tombs and monuments, court records show.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
29 July 2025
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravestone. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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