national monument

noun

: a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation

Examples of national monument in a Sentence

the Statue of Liberty National Monument
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Two national monuments in Utah were downsized as a result, though the Biden Administration restored its original boundaries. Simmone Shah, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025 In 2016, President Barack Obama designated Bears Ears a national monument. Erika Allen Wolters, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025 The Stonewall Inn, a functioning bar and the site of the eponymous six day uprising in 1969, was designated as a national monument in 2016 by then-President Barack Obama. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 President Trump is also considering once more eviscerating national monument protection for Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears in southern Utah. Stephen Trimble, The Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for national monument

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of national monument was in 1879

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“National monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20monument. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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national monument

noun
: a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation

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