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commemorate

[kuh-mem-uh-reyt] / kəˈmɛm əˌreɪt /


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Crew members from "Star Trek" will also land in San Diego on Saturday, to commemorate six decades of exploring the far reaches of the universe.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Climbing the leaderboard is important to many, but so is timing their posts to commemorate a milestone beer—ideally with a creatively staged photo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

"I try to commemorate cultural moments in New York City, and this seemed to be a big one, so just capturing a little time capsule from that moment in time," he said.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

The monument, showing the Duke on his faithful horse Copenhagen, was designed by the Italian artist Carlo Marochetti and erected in 1844 to commemorate his victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

In it there are three candidates for public office, whom I’ll call Dukakis, Gore, and Jackson, to commemorate the 1988 Democratic primary battles.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Juneteenth — a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States — is being marked on Friday, and there are many closures related to the holiday, including financial markets.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

However, this Friday is Juneteenth—a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S.—meaning that American stock markets are closed.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

It commemorates the day—June 19, 1865—when news of emancipation reached people in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy in Galveston, Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

It is definitely commendable that the Dodgers “museum” commemorates Glenn Burke and Billy Bean.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2026

Nothing commemorates the site, only rubble and faded signs in overgrown thickets where hundreds of men once toiled and sometimes died.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Pamela Warner commemorated the anniversary of her son’s death on Tuesday, sharing photos from their past on the Instagram page dedicated to her son’s memory.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Patni commemorated Akash with a framed photograph and a life-size cutout, decorated with flowers and surrounded by scattered rose petals and lit lamps.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Over the past 250 years, Americans have commemorated Independence Day with festivals, barbecues, music and fireworks.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Since then, 18 May has frequently been depicted in films and television shows as a day of national trauma for South Korea while also commemorated annually as a sacred day of democracy.

From BBC May 19, 2026

No, it turned out that the street instead commemorated Hermann’s father, Heinrich Goering, founding Reichskommissar of the former German colony of South-West Africa, which became Namibia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

About one million people attend the parade on what is known as Christopher Street Day, commemorating the 1969 gay uprising against police brutality at Stonewall Inn on New York City’s Christopher Street.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

There’s a day for everything — and July 14 is, of course, most well known internationally for being Bastille Day, commemorating France’s independence.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

After extensive research, I could not find so much as a marker, on-site or elsewhere, commemorating the lives lost.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

The thousands who turned up to witness it were offered baseball caps commemorating "Écône2026".

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Upon landing, Columbus was to thrust his sword into the ground and claim the New World for Spain, while his men assumed positions that mimicked those depicted on a two-cent postage stamp commemorating Columbus’s discovery.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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