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headstone

[hed-stohn] / ˈhɛdˌstoʊn /
NOUN
gravestone
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Not included: “A headstone or any other permanent memorial,” the site adds.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

Every time Karen Betlejewski visits the Smith River Community Pioneer Cemetery, she places silk flowers beside a simple granite headstone in the northeast corner.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

The widow of entertainer Roy Hudd has praised the "fantastic" theatre poster-style headstone placed at his grave.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

A year after Alexei Navalny's suspicious death in a Russian prison, his supporters have been helping choose a headstone for his grave in Moscow.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

Reggie and Britney sat down near the headstone and didn’t talk.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel