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monument

[mon-yuh-muhnt, mon-yuh-ment] / ˈmɒn jə mənt, ˈmɒn jəˌmɛnt /


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It’s no wonder that, when she meets someone who can bridge that gap, she wants to make a monument of it.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

And not to be outdone, XPeng touted a test of autonomous-driving technology it conducted around the Arc de Triomphe, the 19th century monument commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte on the Champs-Elysées.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

In rural Holguín province, about 420 miles east of Havana, she visited Castro’s childhood home, a rambling wooden farmhouse that is now a national monument and museum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Celebrity Traitors: Can I visit the castle, ride the train and see the unusual monument?

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Look on that, mouse, ” said Gregory “That is a monument to the foolishness of love. ”

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo

Mr. Barnes calls Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, “a hostile city with no public transport and nothing but mad monuments to recommend it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Juxtaposing Jim Crow-era Confederate monuments and recent art, “Monuments” challenges white supremacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

It applies to monuments and architecture, but also works of art and books, requiring states to safeguard and respect cultural property and refrain from any actions that might endanger it.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Whatever their origins, these monuments, Mr. Warrack reminds us, are part of our shared human heritage; as their inheritors, it is our responsibility to understand and preserve them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The monuments look carved from the wind, hunched and holed and weathered, translucent, and stretch as far as the eye can see.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu


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