as in commemorated
to give eternal or lasting existence to
we hope to perpetuate this holiday tradition
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Recent Examples of perpetuated
Many, however, believed the celebration perpetuated a harmful anti-Jewish stereotype.
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
My mother may not have perpetuated harmful beliefs about food or bodies, but she was immersed in the evangelical purity culture of the 90s, and the expectations for mothers there were not unlike the heavy load therapeutic culture insists upon today.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
This new therapist asks a bunch of questions, and Jessi confesses that her core belief is not being good enough, and being with Jordan perpetuated that until her self-confidence was gone.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Global Witness said its experiments in the Netherlands, France, India, Ireland, the United Kingdom and South Africa demonstrated that the algorithm perpetuated similar biases around the world.
—Carlotta Dotto, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
The latter myth was perpetuated for centuries and was not firmly debunked until the 17th century.
—Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
Since 9/11, we’ve been depicted as terrorists, the image perpetuated by shows like 24 and Homeland.
—Deena Elgenaidi, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
As Perez wrote, Musk’s free-speech absolutism was a fiction perpetuated by a pliant media.
—Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
National conservatism is a rebellion against the natural course of human development as perpetuated by a growth in prosperity.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
My mother may not have perpetuated harmful beliefs about food or bodies, but she was immersed in the evangelical purity culture of the 90s, and the expectations for mothers there were not unlike the heavy load therapeutic culture insists upon today.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
This new therapist asks a bunch of questions, and Jessi confesses that her core belief is not being good enough, and being with Jordan perpetuated that until her self-confidence was gone.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Global Witness said its experiments in the Netherlands, France, India, Ireland, the United Kingdom and South Africa demonstrated that the algorithm perpetuated similar biases around the world.
—Carlotta Dotto, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
The latter myth was perpetuated for centuries and was not firmly debunked until the 17th century.
—Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
Since 9/11, we’ve been depicted as terrorists, the image perpetuated by shows like 24 and Homeland.
—Deena Elgenaidi, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
As Perez wrote, Musk’s free-speech absolutism was a fiction perpetuated by a pliant media.
—Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
National conservatism is a rebellion against the natural course of human development as perpetuated by a growth in prosperity.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetuated
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Iman commemorated the event in a second Instagram post with snippets of the pair during their wedding ceremony at St James' Episcopal Church in Florence, Italy, on June 6, 1992.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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One year after two of the most destructive wildfires in California’s history erupted just hours apart, survivors commemorated the day in Altadena and Pacific Palisades with a mixture of anger and somber remembrance.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The project will be the next phase of the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora (MoCAAD), a virtual museum that celebrated its 10th anniversary in December at a gala at the Lyric Theater.—
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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This past October, Parker celebrated her son James Wilkie's 23rd birthday with a video on Instagram.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Brockovich continued working in law and four years after the settlement, her story was immortalized in the award-winning film.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Today there is a vibrant market on and around Electric Avenue, a lane immortalized in song by Eddy Grant.—
Susanne Fowler,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Over the course of his career, he has been honored by the Cannes, Berlin and Venice film festivals, as well as the Golden Globes, SAG Awards and major critics’ groups.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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Beavers said the evening meetings have a speaker, honored guests and various activities, including 50/50 prizes and cash drawings.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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