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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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It is hard to miss the multistory installation of 5-foot-tall concrete words from Obama’s speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery civil-rights march.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 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

There were occasions when Big Brother devoted his Order for the Day to commemorating some humble, rank-and-file Party member whose life and death he held up as an example worthy to be followed.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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