Thesaurus results for GRAVESTONES

gravestones

noun

plural of gravestone

as in tombstones

a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones

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Recent Examples of gravestones But take a walk inside and the ground is laden with faint slabs of rock, gravestones from a centuries-old Indigenous family cemetery that had been obscured by the passage of time and neglect. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 According to his guilty plea, Horn used black spray paint to deface 12 gravestones. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 No gravestones, grave markers or other identifying materials had been recovered. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Haunted Mansion props on the parade floats will include the conservatory casket, cryptic gravestones, gargoyle candleholders, watchful busts, haunted armor and stretching room portraits. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2026 Many of the gravestones were moved to Alder Brook and West Cemetery and remain there today. — Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026 Swapping gravestones for fieldstones That trend — along with a desire to improve deathcare — led Connell to partner with Ed Bixby, owner of Steelmantown Church in New Jersey, which operates several green cemeteries nationwide. — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 18 May 2026 Many of the gravestones in this makeshift cemetery have no full names, only the fighter's nom de guerre, because they were buried in the haste of war. — Emily Feng, NPR, 17 May 2026 On the paths between gravestones are colored footprints, as if left by cartoon characters. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026

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Brushing off tombstones is a regular ritual in some cultures, including in Mexico where entire families clean and decorate graves, which are covered with orange marigolds for Day of the Dead.

— Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Some of these spooky spectacles incorporate lights that dance to music, animatronics that come to life and graveyards full of tombstones.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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Under Burgum's 2025 campaign, signs, books, films and exhibits covering topics such as slavery, climate change and the massacre of Native Americans were flagged and removed from national parks and monuments nationwide.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
No matter, Luxor is home to some of the world's most impressive and well-preserved ancient monuments.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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