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megaliths

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plural of megalith

as in stones

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Under the leadership of the longtime chief gemologist and vice president, the house highlighted American gemstones at a time when European jewelers mostly eschewed them in favor of more stones from more traditional sources.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026
Know More Tanzania has large offshore gas resources and deposits of minerals needed for the energy transition and digital infrastructure — such as copper, lithium, and cobalt — as well as precious metals and stones, including gold and diamonds.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of stones

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Aiming to protect what’s left of its buildings and monuments is a converted Volkswagen Crafter—the ARK III, a mobile 3D-scanning lab that creates digital twins of sacred and historical structures for future restoration.

— Chris Stokel-Walker, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Back in 2020, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot had three monuments to Columbus taken down amid massive social justice protests.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of monuments

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The landscape is dry and largely treeless, with canyons and volcanic monoliths periodically interrupting the otherwise unending steppe.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
While that’s happening, our industry is being consolidated into these corporate monoliths that are run by people like Larry Ellison, and Larry Ellison is a radical conservative idealogue.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of monoliths

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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

Definition of gravestones

Noun

Think tombstones, solid skeletons, signs or other decorations that hold their shape and don’t have loose or dangling parts.

— Katie Koschalk, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
That’s presumably the idea behind the recipes people have carved into their tombstones, which, yes, is a real thing that happens quite often.

— Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of tombstones

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Surnames like McKenzie, Adams and Scribner make frequent appearances on headstones at the roughly 600-grave cemetery, which is still allows burials of descendants of the town or people who live nearby.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Others in group were skilled at straightening delicate headstones in a way that prevents damage, said former American Legion Auxiliary National President Lisa Williamson.

— Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of headstones

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This dainty grower is perfect for small obelisks and trellises.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
The line was marked then, as now, by obelisks, 276 of them today, placed roughly within view of one another from El Paso west to the Pacific Ocean ‒ an early attempt to harden the line in the sand.

— Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026

Definition of obelisks

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