monuments
Example Sentences
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Trump's plan to restore Washington's parks and give its monuments a bit of a glow-up coincides with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States on July 4.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
More than 8,000 scheduled monuments are currently spread across Scotland.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
And then he brought the Declaration of Independence in, and he kind of has a rotating set of trophies that he brings in, and other monuments.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
That’s on top of his notorious ballroom project and his arch, both of which are clearly designed as monuments to himself.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
In this sense the place was like modern purpose-built political capitals, such as Washington, D.C., or Canberra, Australia, with sanctifying civic monuments to compensate for a lack of real history.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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