as in to commemorate
to be a memorial of
at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott
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Adams’ comments came a day after nine mayoral candidates, excluding Cuomo and Adams, gathered to memorialize the anniversary of an order Cuomo gave as governor for nursing homes to readmit patients who had tested positive for COVID.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
Thankfully, some of these are memorialized in When Life Gives You Tangerines.
—Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Following his death by suicide in 2018, Bourdain's life was memorialized by Morgan Neville's 2021 documentary film Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain as well as Charles Leerhsen's unauthorized 2022 biography Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Arroyo memorializes ordinary buildings at risk of being swept up in the tide of gentrification in Miami through his paintings, while Simmons creates with concrete, fabric, acrylic, found objects and construction debris to form architectural sculptures and mixed media works.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2025
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
Thankfully, some of these are memorialized in When Life Gives You Tangerines.
—Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Following his death by suicide in 2018, Bourdain's life was memorialized by Morgan Neville's 2021 documentary film Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain as well as Charles Leerhsen's unauthorized 2022 biography Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Arroyo memorializes ordinary buildings at risk of being swept up in the tide of gentrification in Miami through his paintings, while Simmons creates with concrete, fabric, acrylic, found objects and construction debris to form architectural sculptures and mixed media works.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2025
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commemorate
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Mr Justice Popplewell cut the ribbon on an emotional day when a mural commemorating the 56 victims of the fire was also unveiled.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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King Charles' office is sharing a brand new royal symbol commemorating the last stage in the transition to his reign.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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