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anniversary

[an-uh-vur-suh-ree] / ˌæn əˈvɜr sə ri /


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The annual Exmoor Dark Skies Festival is being held from 16 October to 1 November and this year is its 10th anniversary.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

In October 2023, the “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” star celebrated the family’s third anniversary of moving to Tennessee “to make a new home and create new memories.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Last November he joined Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and other Orthodox representatives to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The launch is part of celebrations marking Zelda's 40th anniversary, alongside a global concert tour and a live-action film hitting cinemas next spring.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

It was two days before the one-year anniversary of Guiteau's attack on President Garfield.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

But presidents have previously marked major anniversaries by attending several sites including New York, where the majority of the 2,977 victims were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Dewan and Stiles discussed how their “DWTS” tenure lines up with milestone anniversaries for their beloved dance films “Step Up” and “Save the Last Dance,” respectively.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

"Grief comes in waves", Chantelle said, adding there are milestones like her anniversaries or her daughter's birthdays where she "expected to be broken, but I'm not".

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

The CEO of Rape Crisis England & Wales, Ciara Bergman, said "anniversaries are known to be a particularly difficult time" and the "right" support is "vitally important".

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

I envy everyone who gets to visit graves, bring flowers to them on birthdays and anniversaries.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana


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