in honor of
idiom
: as a way to show respect and admiration for (someone)
They're having a dinner in honor of the new coach.
The building was named in honor of the city's founder.
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In 2013, it was renamed the Copley Symphony Hall at Jacobs Music Center in honor of Joan and Irwin Jacobs, who have given more than $130 million to the nonprofit orchestra over the past two decades alone.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
From sunrise to sunset on Monday flags at all state buildings will be lowered to half-staff in honor of Arizona Peace Officers Memorial Day as ordered by Gov. Katie Hobbs.
—Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2024
This question could be especially fraught for Sanchez, after Joe and Jill Biden invited her and Bezos to last month’s state dinner in honor of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
As Sykes appears on Vogue’s The Run-Through podcast today in honor of her new book, Wives Like Us, take a look back at her bucolic Cotswolds home.
—Plum Sykes, Vogue, 2 May 2024
On the western end of the neighborhood is Al Jarreau Park, renamed last year in honor of the Grammy Award-winning Milwaukee native.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
Regis Jesuit High School dedicated its swimming pool during a ceremony in honor of Missy Franklin, a 2013 alumna and six-time Olympic medalist Thursday afternoon, April 25, 2024.
—Andy Cross, The Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2024
As the curators explained, these paintings were produced by the country’s best artists between 1630 and 1707 and donated to the cathedral by the goldsmiths guild of Paris every year on May 1, in honor of the Virgin Mary.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2024
Share [Findings] A fungal parasite that afflicts the reproductive organs of millipedes was named in honor of Twitter.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
From sunrise to sunset on Monday flags at all state buildings will be lowered to half-staff in honor of Arizona Peace Officers Memorial Day as ordered by Gov. Katie Hobbs.
—Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2024
This question could be especially fraught for Sanchez, after Joe and Jill Biden invited her and Bezos to last month’s state dinner in honor of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
As Sykes appears on Vogue’s The Run-Through podcast today in honor of her new book, Wives Like Us, take a look back at her bucolic Cotswolds home.
—Plum Sykes, Vogue, 2 May 2024
On the western end of the neighborhood is Al Jarreau Park, renamed last year in honor of the Grammy Award-winning Milwaukee native.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
Regis Jesuit High School dedicated its swimming pool during a ceremony in honor of Missy Franklin, a 2013 alumna and six-time Olympic medalist Thursday afternoon, April 25, 2024.
—Andy Cross, The Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2024
As the curators explained, these paintings were produced by the country’s best artists between 1630 and 1707 and donated to the cathedral by the goldsmiths guild of Paris every year on May 1, in honor of the Virgin Mary.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2024
Share [Findings] A fungal parasite that afflicts the reproductive organs of millipedes was named in honor of Twitter.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
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