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headstone

noun

ˈhed-ˌstōn

Definition of headstone

as in tombstone

a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic

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Recent Examples of headstone According to Worthy, Cervantes told her the cemetery had removed the headstone to get her attention because the cemetery had no record of it. — Sara MacHi, CBS News, 29 July 2026 Dollie’s marker revealed dates from 1998 and 1999 after it was carefully leveled and cleaned, while Hollie’s large granite headstone marked July 1977. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026 In addition to her blog posts, Baldwin has begun hosting tours of Blake Street Cemetery, to share her research, and clean up days to remove weeds and litter from around the headstones. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026 Roschelle left their headstone blank, unable to carve her new reality into stone. — Jessica Contrera, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for headstone

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Lesnar delivered a tombstone on Femi, who kicked out and finished off Brock with a Fall from Grace.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The juvenile green, leafy trees had vanished and were replaced by rows of thin, lifeless trunks staked into the ground like tombstones.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

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Other commissions include a monument to honor Native voices, a sculpture of gospel singer and Civil Rights activist Mahalia Jackson, and a site to recognize the survivors who were tortured by the Chicago Police Department during the 1970s-1990s.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Now, the state attorney general says the city must pay a fine or face a lawsuit for violating a state law protecting Confederate monuments and other longstanding memorials.

— Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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