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as in to bless
to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony
let's commemorate Martin Luther King Day with readings of some of Dr. King's speeches
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Recent Examples of commemorate
Jimmy Eat World will put fans in the middle of a big celebration this summer as the group tours to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its breakthrough and top-selling album, Bleed American.
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Gary Graff, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
Residents are encouraged to join members of the Dunwoody City Council, Parks & Recreation, Community Development, and the Dunwoody Sustainability Committee in planting a tree to commemorate the occasion.
—Cbs News Atlanta Staff, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Walmer Castle also has the Queen Mother’s Garden, made to commemorate her 95th birthday.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
Bradwell had commemorated his onboarding by requesting a cube from Claudius—not of tungsten but of bevelled glass.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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Gary Graff, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
Residents are encouraged to join members of the Dunwoody City Council, Parks & Recreation, Community Development, and the Dunwoody Sustainability Committee in planting a tree to commemorate the occasion.
—Cbs News Atlanta Staff, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Walmer Castle also has the Queen Mother’s Garden, made to commemorate her 95th birthday.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
Bradwell had commemorated his onboarding by requesting a cube from Claudius—not of tungsten but of bevelled glass.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commemorate
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Van Der Beek recounted their first meeting in a 2020 Instagram post celebrating the couple’s 10th wedding anniversary.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Diaz suffered a major knee injury while celebrating a win during the 2023 tournament and missed the entire MLB season with the New York Mets.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
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Seamus Heaney’s poetry has long been treated as a kind of sacred text in Ireland, recited in schools, memorialized in public spaces, and invoked whenever the island searches for language equal to its own complexity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Both Minnesotans are memorialized by name in Springsteen’s new rock song, which describes the immigration crackdowns and the protests by those who live there.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Tickets for the original Orlando date will be honored for the new date.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Valentine's Day pagan connections Lupercalia was a debaucherous festival that celebrated the coming of spring that included animal sacrifices and drunken revelry to honor Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, and the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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His tenure at the top can be remembered for an infamous photograph of him eating a bacon sandwich while campaigning in the 2014 local elections.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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Let’s rephrase that, if only because 100 years ago, nobody had remembered to invent the Hall of Fame yet.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Commemorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commemorate. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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