ceremonial

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Magic Johnson, the Dodgers’ co-owner and the foremost winner in Los Angeles sports history, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Dodgers’ opener.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The ceremonial state opening of Parliament to mark the start of the new session takes place just days after elections in England, Scotland and Wales on 7 May.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Team Italy, for example, celebrated home runs by donning an Armani jacket in the dugout and taking a ceremonial shot of espresso.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

Apparently he had not realized that President Catherine Connolly, the left-winger who was inaugurated to the largely ceremonial post in November, is a woman.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

While the other world wonders were purely decorative or ceremonial, the lighthouse was used to guide ships into port.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby