monument

Example Sentences

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Built of cold, modern concrete, it stands as a permanent, if somewhat sterile, monument to a difficult past, with my grandfather’s name inscribed in the center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

It stopped briefly for a man in paramilitary-style uniform to lay a wreath at the republican monument in Creggan.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

“Perhaps a historic-cultural monument designation could have saved the Zimmerman House, or allowed the necessary time to delay demolition. Tragically, calls for preservation fell on deaf ears.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Efforts to restore the beloved building, declared a historic monument soon after it was shuttered, have proved elusive.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In the end, a national monument was centered around the crater and Spirit Lake with arms extending both north and south.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone