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epitaph

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


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He has his work cut out now to stop that becoming the epitaph to his premiership.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

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

In words he shared with teenagers, Prefontaine wrote his own best epitaph: “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 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

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

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

The more I sit with Ruscha’s epitaphs, the less unexpected his love for plants becomes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2024

Both inside the Cathedral and out, there were so many heartfelt epitaphs paid to Charlton's life, but it was possibly Reverend Grace Thomas who best summed up his legacy.

From BBC Nov. 13, 2023

The epitaphs have been quick in coming; Maureen Dowd's recent column in the New York times may serve as representative of the conventional wisdom.

From Salon May 20, 2023

None of the Sagalassos graves bore epitaphs, and genetic material is often destroyed by high temperatures in ancient cremations.

From New York Times Mar. 25, 2023

It was impossible, of course, to ignore the crosses, and each morning Jerry G. and Horsethief Shorty, occasionally aided by Bernabe Montoya and the state cops, had to uproot a dozen epitaphs.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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