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epitaph

[ep-i-taf, -tahf] / ˈɛp ɪˌtæf, -ˌtɑf /


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As one epitaph at Père-Lachaise puts it: “Alas!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

If we were to assign his TV father an epitaph, he could do a lot worse than the unvarnished speech that closes the first season.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2025

If this ends up being Cronenberg’s last, he’ll have gone out with a worldly, weighty epitaph.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

After the manner in which England’s campaign was conducted, it was both comedy gold and the perfect epitaph for those few weeks in France.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2024

On the margin, in the secretary’s neat hand, was the laconic epitaph “susp.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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