national monument

noun

: a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation

Examples of national monument in a Sentence

the Statue of Liberty National Monument
Recent Examples on the Web Colorado River Valley tribes are calling for President Biden to protect vast swaths of desert in California’s Imperial County as a national monument. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024 But in 1933, President Herbert Hoover declared the area a national monument, and 60 years later it was designated a full-fledged national park and was expanded to its current size of nearly 3.5 million acres, the largest park in the contiguous United States. Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024 The formal campaign to ask for national monument status launched Feb. 1. Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to change that by inducting Manouchian into the Panthéon national monument on Wednesday. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Feb. 2024 Neruda stood thus as a national monument, an iconic figure both ubiquitous and distant. Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024 One current fight is whether Seaside will approve plans for a horse-racing track, Monterey Downs, that also will include a training track, indoor arena, more than 1,000 housing units, two hotels and retail and commercial spaces – all abutting the national monument. Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024 Even if the land becomes a national monument, the water beneath Bahsahwahbee would remain under the state’s jurisdiction. Brittany Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024 The site will now be listed in the country’s national monuments database. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of national monument was in 1879

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“National monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20monument. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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national monument

noun
: a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation

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