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gravestone

[greyv-stohn] / ˈgreɪvˌstoʊn /


NOUN
tombstone
Synonyms


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Their authors were seldom scholars; more often they were nonprofessional writers and editors whose volunteer contributions ranged from family snapshots to gravestone photographs, fragmented town histories, folkloric anecdotes and tall tales.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

“People sell those markers, even those little vases you put on them, and melt them down for money,” says Rebecca Meyer, 48, a gravestone conservationist and president of Epoch Preservation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

In the cemetery, Munzanza's mother Florence knelt by his gravestone and wept.

From Barron's Oct. 13, 2025

The gravestone of Ebenezer Scrooge has been reinstated, after it was smashed into piece by vandals in November.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2024

Maire Solanya took the loaf from her, its crust gaping open, and placed it on the gravestone next to the candle.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

A ragtag online group, the “Grave Marker Recovery Team,” hunts down gravestones that have been stolen, typically to sell at antique shows as accents for upscale decorating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

As night falls, the bat hunters make their way amongst the gravestones of Guestwick Church in Norfolk.

From BBC Oct. 30, 2025

Guiding everyone is the show’s host and relationship guru Mark L. Walberg, whose disconcertingly white smile doubles as a line of gravestones for all the ailing relationships his show has mercy killed.

From Salon Mar. 13, 2025

The sun was beating down on me so hard that I felt like I was about to faint on the gravestones.

From Slate Oct. 24, 2024

On a low hill the gravestones tilt crazily, as if trying to wrench loose from the soil.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston




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