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headstone

[hed-stohn] / ˈhɛdˌstoʊn /
NOUN
gravestone
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Second, a granite headstone, measuring six feet by three feet, will be erected.

From Salon Jun. 1, 2026

Recently, they supported a family who were unable to afford a headstone for their son.

From BBC May 27, 2026

A few pens have been left on the headstone, which has been replaced at least once; generations of fans have attempted to obliterate “Hughes.”

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

Other notable artifacts connected to St. Eustatius are a headstone from its Jewish cemetery, commemorating a merchant’s wife, and a Hanukkah lamp from Amsterdam that was eventually carried to St. Thomas by Jewish exiles.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

I know my final headstone won’t be ready for days, but the temporary one isn’t what’s throwing me off.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Around them, brothers and sisters play between the headstones of siblings whose lives were cut short.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The “expat graveyard” is filled with headstones of people who boldly declared, “We love it here. We’re never leaving.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 24, 2026

Beneath moss-covered cinder blocks, dilapidated stone markers, and a handful of headstones, more than 200 children who died in state custody between the 1870s and 1930s are buried.

From Slate Mar. 30, 2026

Basque headstones are inscribed in Euskara, the oldest European tongue; Enriquez’s friend shouts in Euskara to scare away an intruder.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

I climbed into Gran’s Oldsmobile and stared at the rows of headstones at the cemetery next door as I thought about her question.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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