Thesaurus results for OBELISK

obelisk

noun

as in monument

a tall, four-sided stone column that becomes narrower toward the top and that ends in a point The granite obelisk stands at the exact center of the park.

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Recent Examples of obelisk Her materials include those most basic elements of the earth—geology—and her forms borrow from totems, obelisks, prehistoric megaliths, and Indigenous Caribbean zeniths. —

Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026 The Heizer sort of fills in for the obelisk. —

Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026 The elephant, located in the Piazza della Minerva in front of the basilica, holds the obelisk on its back. —

ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026 Better just to glimpse, out of the corner of his eye, the obelisk with its modernist air rising up in the center of the plaza and only get a fleeting, distant view of the wind rose at its base. —

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Noun

Trump is also using government money to build monuments for himself.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
The idea of a waiting period is common for monuments and memorials.

— Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026