in celebration of

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: as a way of celebrating

We're having a dinner in celebration of their anniversary.

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And instead of being celebrated as a hero, Williams watched Jordan Love rush the field in celebration of a win that is commonplace for Packers quarterbacks these days. —

Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024 Explore Bonnie Raitt See latest videos, charts and news In a first, the Honors this year inducted a venue, Harlem’s fabled The Apollo, in celebration of nine decades of the theater championing Black artists and culture. —

Cathy Applefeld Olson, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024 As mass concluded, Dolan said St. Mary's Roman Catholic Basilica was among churches across the world that rang their bells in celebration of the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. —

David Ulloa Jr, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024 An insurgent fires his AK-47 in the air in celebration of taking the city, in another. —

Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in celebration of

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