monument

Example Sentences

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Authorities say the fee will go towards helping to manage the number of tourists, and raise funds for the monument's upkeep.

From BBC

Sadako’s friends began to dream of building a monument to her and all children who were killed by the atom bomb.

From Literature

City Council unanimously voted to designate it as a historic cultural monument a few months later, officially saving it from destruction.

From Los Angeles Times

But the composition ultimately came to be seen as a precursor of musical Postmodernism and possibly Bernstein’s greatest work, a monument in its own right.

From Los Angeles Times

By the summer of 1981, there were three proposals for a national monument before the US Congress: one from Susan’s group, one from the Forest Service, and one from Washington’s new governor, John Spellman.

From Literature