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commemorating

ADJECTIVE
retaining
Synonyms
STRONG
accommodating arresting cherishing confining embracing employing engaging having hiring holding keeping owning possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working
WEAK
holding back
NOUN
remembering
Synonyms
STRONG
celebrating memorializing recollecting recollection reliving reminiscence reminiscing
WEAK
bringing back looking back thinking back thinking of
Antonyms
WEAK
forgetting overlooking

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To celebrate the occasion, Childress presented Busch with a gift commemorating their infamous scuffle: a Rolex.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

A statue commemorating actor and writer Terry Jones has been vandalised just weeks after being unveiled.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Craik said she was looking forward to the event commemorating local history dedicated to Harriet Jacobs, who she described as "one of the most remarkable African-American figures of the 19th Century".

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The Dodgers received the rings commemorating their 2025 World Series title in a ceremony before Friday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

We’ve gotten kind of used to the paper chain, but I’m suddenly seeing it through Rabbi Gold’s eyes—every single loop commemorating a life lost but not forgotten.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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