commemorated

past tense of commemorate
1
as in celebrated
to be a memorial of a stone obelisk commemorates the Battle of Bunker Hill

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2
as in observed
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 commemorated The following year, Garner commemorated their third anniversary with her own Instagram tribute featuring a photo from their wedding day, though that post has since been deleted. Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 Martelly’s return to Haiti coincidentally came on the same day that another former Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, commemorated a birthday. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026 Ḥusayn’s death became for the Shiʿah a symbol of selfless resistance against worldly injustice and tyranny and is commemorated with lamentation each year on Ashura. Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 July 2026 His work on the show was commemorated with a special dedication. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 July 2026 The funeral processions began last Saturday, with authorities shutting down streets, airspace and daily life in Tehran and other cities as throngs commemorated the man who led Iran for decades with an iron fist while confronting the West. Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 This one has been commemorated by a gladiatorial contest on the White House grounds and by an, apparently coming up, a long speech by the president of the day. David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 On Saturday, the 250th anniversary of the event was commemorated on Pershing Square at the Presidio of San Francisco in a two-hour ceremony. Brian Hackney, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Days ago, in the city of Novi Sad, students commemorated victims of the disaster and demanded snap general elections. Reuters, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
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  • White, who celebrated his 51st birthday last week, is on tour in support of his eighth solo album, Frozen Charlotte.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
  • It’s celebrated on July 14 because that’s the day Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress and prison in 1789, helping spark the French Revolution that overthrew the monarchy and sent King Louis XVI and his queen Marie-Antoinette to the guillotine.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
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  • Now, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced that this historic moment will be memorialized in New York with a set of 12 murals appearing throughout all five of the city’s boroughs, each designed by a local artist.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
  • Walt Hazzard, a 6-foot-2 shooting guard during the John Wooden era of UCLA basketball, will have his legacy memorialized as one of the all-time great college players.
    Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 13 July 2026
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  • Head coach Chris DeMarco remembered people stretching to stay loose while staff members did push-ups to pass the time.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026
  • In the interview, shared online on July 10, Williams remembered what made Sanford and Son such a classic.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

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“Commemorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commemorated. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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