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we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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But those are usually etched into the gravestone or carved as a metal plate to form a deliberate part of the memorial to the deceased.
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Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The minerals composing gravestones crystallize at high temperatures and pressures inside Earth.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The meme features Trump posing in front of a gravestone representing the department.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Young people stand in between the gravestones, chattering, laughing and digging with shovels.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
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Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The minerals composing gravestones crystallize at high temperatures and pressures inside Earth.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The meme features Trump posing in front of a gravestone representing the department.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Young people stand in between the gravestones, chattering, laughing and digging with shovels.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravestone. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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gravestone
noun
grave·stone
ˈgrāv-ˌstōn 
: a burial monument
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