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monument

[mon-yuh-muhnt, mon-yuh-ment] / ˈmɒn jə mənt, ˈmɒn jəˌmɛnt /


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By then, graffiti had been scrubbed from the central monument that pays tribute to the French Republic, including its tradition of insurrection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 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

Ms. Margolles purchased a home in the middle of this and demolished it, here reconstructing the rubble into a rectangular minimalist monument that stretches across a large gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Styx laughed the first time he saw our odd little Grasshopper monument.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

Visitors to Ireland are often surprised by the number of prehistoric burial monuments that stand like apparitions beside roaring highways or humming industrial estates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

There are great musical monuments to historical upheavals, but vanishingly few were written during the events they depict.

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The black hulks of the broken ships stood out in the sun, looming monuments to a world that had fallen apart.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi


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