commemorate
Example Sentences
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On Sunday night Jews celebrated the beginning of Hanukkah, which commemorates the Israelite victory in 167 B.C. over the Seleucids and their effort to impose their Greek identity on the people of Israel.
Katherine Pierce, 26, tell me she's driven from Tahmoor, about an hour and a half away, to commemorate those who died.
From BBC
The chief rabbi told the Today programme that the festival of Hanukkah commemorates the defiance of a small band of Jews some 2,150 years ago who were targeted by Emperor Antiochus Epiphanes.
From BBC
To commemorate the political scientist James C. Scott, who died in 2024, I reached for my copy of his “The Art of Not Being Governed.”
It appears Wilson will need to procure another gauntlet just to commemorate her numerous accomplishments off of the basketball court as well.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
