in commemoration of
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: in order to remember or honor (an important event or person from the past)
A service was held in commemoration of the battle.
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So said the lead pilot some years ago in the Israeli Air Force flyover of Auschwitz, in commemoration of the million or more Jews murdered there, and the other five million murdered in the Holocaust.
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Thomas Mountain, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
In downtown Los Angeles, U.S. flags were in abundance, as the protest coincided with Flag Day, held each year on June 14 in commemoration of the adoption of the U.S. flag.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
In intervening years, his annual memorandum directing flags be flown at half staff in commemoration of Pulse Remembrance Day include the LGBTQ and Hispanic communities.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2025
Around that time — in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Lennon’s murder — my daughter and I did a podcast interview with Irsay that reflected on the magnitude of the tragedy and its impact on him.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Thomas Mountain, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
In downtown Los Angeles, U.S. flags were in abundance, as the protest coincided with Flag Day, held each year on June 14 in commemoration of the adoption of the U.S. flag.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
In intervening years, his annual memorandum directing flags be flown at half staff in commemoration of Pulse Remembrance Day include the LGBTQ and Hispanic communities.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2025
Around that time — in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Lennon’s murder — my daughter and I did a podcast interview with Irsay that reflected on the magnitude of the tragedy and its impact on him.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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“In commemoration of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20commemoration%20of. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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