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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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One particular bright spot: merchandise commemorating the 250th birthday of America and other heritage items that flew off Cracker Barrel store shelves faster than expected, including U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Cuban music lovers inaugurated a Beatles film festival, with fans in Italy, Russia and Greece finding their own ways for commemorating The Beatles’ special place in their lives.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

The latest of Khamenei's statements was read out on Thursday at the ceremony commemorating the death of Khomeini.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The cabinet also contains an ancient cracked plate commemorating the World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, and a plastic cup bearing the nose and ears of a mouse.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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