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monument

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


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Police detained six activists who had draped Greenpeace protest banners from a monument on Jakarta's central Bundaran HI roundabout on Tuesday morning, before the student marches, according to Jeanny Sirait, a campaigner for the NGO.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 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

And not to be outdone, XPeng touted a test of autonomous-driving technology it conducted around the Arc de Triomphe, the 19th century monument commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte on the Champs-Elysées.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

If you’re going to film a literary monument, and a period piece to boot, you’re going to have to spend some money.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Entering the monument, they were taken to a small room where Interior Secretary Ickes was waiting.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman

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

The East Potomac facility, which offers the public affordable green fees near Washington’s famous monuments, has been open for more than a century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

But I was in no way prepared for the massive skyscrapers, gorgeous beachside drives, and awesome monuments I saw on our initial trip in the country.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore


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