commemorate

Example Sentences

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But this isn’t the first example of a cultural “nostalgia for nostalgia,” he added, or the first time newer generations have rushed to commemorate the still-recent past.

From The Wall Street Journal

She was applauded for several minutes at the end of her speech, held as part of a special session to commemorate Nazi Germany's murder of six million European Jews during World War II.

From Barron's

It also commemorates the millions of people outside the Jewish faith who were murdered through Nazi persecution, and those targeted in more recent genocides.

From BBC

In Vilnius, Zelensky was taking part in a ceremony to commemorate the 1863 uprising in Poland and Lithuania against Tsarist Russia.

From Barron's

Yellow roses commemorating those who have lost their lives to traffic violence blanketed the bottom steps.

From Los Angeles Times