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headstone

[hed-stohn] / ˈhɛdˌstoʊn /
NOUN
gravestone
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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

Last year, Ms Dorrian's siblings added her name to their mother's headstone to commemorate the 19th anniversary of her disappearance.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Not included: “A headstone or any other permanent memorial,” the site adds.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

Community members paid for the sturdy stone headstone.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

But even in the bright moonlight, it was still too dark for me to make out the inscription on the headstone.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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