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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

The monument is a line of arches and pillars constructed to resemble the fortress gates of Negatapam - a town in India and the scene of fighting between British and French forces in the 1780s.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the wavering firelight Gandalf seemed suddenly to grow: he rose up, a great menacing shape like the monument of some ancient king of stone set upon a hill.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

It is felt most strongly in the memorial garden on the site of the fallen school, and among the white arched monuments of the cemetery.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The East Potomac facility has been open for more than a century, offering the public affordable green fees in a picturesque setting close to Washington’s famous monuments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Even today these megalithic monuments have an awe-inspiring, superhuman air about them, as if they were the work of a forgotten race of giants.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson


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