monument
Example Sentences
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"This isn't a monument to my legacy, it's a gateway to yours," Obama says.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
At a subsequent meeting of the city’s Commission on History, Dale Theiling, one of the commissioners, explained that Charleston had agreed to release the monument to the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Although it is in an area of outstanding natural beauty it is not protected as a scheduled monument, but archaeologists argue that it should now become one.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Even so, he completed the commission the same way he says he approaches every large public monument: professionally, pragmatically, and with an understanding that spectacle itself has become part of the business model.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Although some ferns had overgrown the outer ring of rocks, our monument was still standing.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
Vocabulary lists containing monument
Brown Girl Dreaming
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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"A Rose for Emily"
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