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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

Marsak, who admits to “a fetish for old, lost Los Angeles,” once called the Beaux-Arts hotel a “great gray monument to grinding attrition.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

It’s no wonder that, when she meets someone who can bridge that gap, she wants to make a monument of it.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Celebrity Traitors: Can I visit the castle, ride the train and see the unusual monument?

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The moment was suddenly at hand not only to make ungodly sums of money but to build an empire, a lasting monument.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

The American impulse of the late 19th century wasn’t to build monuments, but to make money.

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

Visitors from the Shang Dynasty are said to have crossed the Pacific to teach the ancient Olmec how to write, build monuments, and worship a feline god.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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