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headstone

[hed-stohn] / ˈhɛdˌstoʊn /
NOUN
gravestone
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Second, a granite headstone, measuring six feet by three feet, will be erected.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Other notable artifacts connected to St. Eustatius are a headstone from its Jewish cemetery, commemorating a merchant’s wife, and a Hanukkah lamp from Amsterdam that was eventually carried to St. Thomas by Jewish exiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The words are carved into a headstone marking the grave of a young man, whose remains were found on a Cornish clifftop more than 40 years ago.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Not included: “A headstone or any other permanent memorial,” the site adds.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

Dad must have left it there along with the flowers on Grams’s headstone.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass




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