as in monument
a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased
the historic cemetery's many tombstones marking the graves of children are telling reminders of the harshness of pioneer life
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Recent Examples of tombstone
Horowitz’s knock is the scrape of the chisel on your tombstone.
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Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
The artifact is often referred to as the black marble knight’s tombstone.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Someone’s left what looks like fan art featuring the character on her tombstone, which is low to the ground and modest by Mickey Rooney standards but is nevertheless emblazoned with a sketch of Nurmi in her signature black mermaid dress.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 July 2024
There are lots of tombstones of great tech companies that don’t reinvent themselves.
—Alex Heath, The Verge, 6 Dec. 2024
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Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
The artifact is often referred to as the black marble knight’s tombstone.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Someone’s left what looks like fan art featuring the character on her tombstone, which is low to the ground and modest by Mickey Rooney standards but is nevertheless emblazoned with a sketch of Nurmi in her signature black mermaid dress.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 July 2024
There are lots of tombstones of great tech companies that don’t reinvent themselves.
—Alex Heath, The Verge, 6 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for tombstone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tombstone
Noun
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The hilltop monument wasn’t anywhere near the destructive blazes that night — the fires were too busy destroying residential communities then — but the thought pulled focus from real relief efforts.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 Jan. 2025
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Additional locations include the Chapel of the Sorbonne in Paris, which is just 700 meters from the famed Panthéon monument, as well as the Ruins of Old Belchite, a ghost town west of Barcelona.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Sun stones and the darkened sun: Neolithic miniature art from the island of Bornholm, Denmark; Background and recent excavations.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The hair cleaning stone, like a generic pumice stone found in the plumbing aisle, is optimal for removing stubborn pet hair, the detailer added.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Winners of the Scientific Awards receive an Academy plaque.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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The immune system responds to these accumulations, sending macrophage white blood cells to engulf the cholesterol, which then turn into foam cells that aggregate in the skin, forming the yellowish plaques characteristic of xanthelasma.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Tombstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tombstone. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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