as in inscription
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Noun
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In it were multiple shell casings with etched inscriptions that appeared to reference internet memes.—
Kevin Breuninger,Christina Wilkie,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025 -
Her family buried her in Winchester Cathedral under a stone with an inscription that—famously—makes no mention of her books.—
Lucy Worsley
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The show goes ahead without her, a close up of the microphone occupying her empty chair, is perhaps her most damning epitaph.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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The epitaph for the version of the North Rim Lodge that stood from 1936 to 2025 might well be that humanity will never master the awesome nature that lies outside the picture windows.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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“Hic jacet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hic%20jacet. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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