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
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Mallinson said that Biden's announcement this week of two national monuments in California which would preserve 840,000 acres from any federal drilling, was also done with the same kind of meticulous planning.
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2025
Biden traveled to Los Angeles to dedicate the creation of two national monuments in the Eastern Coachella Valley.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
The president was originally poised to appear at an event in Box Canyon, California, on Tuesday to underscore his designation of two new national monuments before it was postponed until next week at the White House because of the fires.
—Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Jan. 2025
The heart of this movement is a strategy by states – with Utah first among them – to get some concessions from the feds, including a carve-out that Wyoming alone currently enjoys: no new national monuments.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2025
Biden traveled to Los Angeles to dedicate the creation of two national monuments in the Eastern Coachella Valley.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
The president was originally poised to appear at an event in Box Canyon, California, on Tuesday to underscore his designation of two new national monuments before it was postponed until next week at the White House because of the fires.
—Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Jan. 2025
The heart of this movement is a strategy by states – with Utah first among them – to get some concessions from the feds, including a carve-out that Wyoming alone currently enjoys: no new national monuments.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2025
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“National monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20monument. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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