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monument

[mon-yuh-muhnt, mon-yuh-ment] / ˈmɒn jə mənt, ˈmɒn jəˌmɛnt /


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Jacksonville Jaguars loyalists can pay to have their ashes stored in a monument at the team’s upcoming stadium through a deal with Eternal Fan, the franchise’s “official fan memories partner.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Police detained six activists who had draped Greenpeace protest banners from a monument on Jakarta's central Bundaran HI roundabout on Tuesday morning, before the student marches, according to Jeanny Sirait, a campaigner for the NGO.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

It’s no wonder that, when she meets someone who can bridge that gap, she wants to make a monument of it — be it a business, a marriage, a film or a profession of love.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

In rural Holguín province, about 420 miles east of Havana, she visited Castro’s childhood home, a rambling wooden farmhouse that is now a national monument and museum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Then Blackjack took off, circling twice around the monument before disappearing into the clouds.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

The New World wasn’t into monuments, or paying the Old World for much of anything.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Juxtaposing Jim Crow-era Confederate monuments and recent art, “Monuments” challenges white supremacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

It applies to monuments and architecture, but also works of art and books, requiring states to safeguard and respect cultural property and refrain from any actions that might endanger it.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Whatever their origins, these monuments, Mr. Warrack reminds us, are part of our shared human heritage; as their inheritors, it is our responsibility to understand and preserve them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

I turned back and took another long look around the room, surveying the long line of monuments to the history of computing and videogames.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline


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