commemorate

Example Sentences

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“You’re already on the bridge, you’re already part of the art—why would you tie trash to commemorate it?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami team-mates met United States president Donald Trump at the White House to commemorate the club's MLS Cup triumph.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Pratt, a Republican, first revealed his mayoral ambitions during an event called “They Let Us Burn!” that was held in L.A. in early January to commemorate the first anniversary of the wildfires.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

To commemorate Halimi, whose abduction and murder in 2006 horrified France, Macron planted an oak tree in the garden of the Elysee Palace, joined by Halimi's sister, Anne-Laure Abitbol.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 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