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epitaph

[ep-i-taf, -tahf] / ˈɛp ɪˌtæf, -ˌtɑf /


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As one epitaph at Père-Lachaise puts it: “Alas!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

If this ends up being Cronenberg’s last, he’ll have gone out with a worldly, weighty epitaph.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

On the headstone marking his grave, the epitaph simply read “The Butler.”

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

But the coming weeks will determine whether it will also be his political epitaph.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2024

He is exactly who I want to be and what I want my epitaph to say: The Boy Violet Markey Loves.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven




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