as in to commemorate
to give eternal or lasting existence to
the monument was created to eternalize the service and sacrifice of the sons of the village who fought in the American Civil War
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Manuel Oliver won’t commemorate Friday's seventh anniversary of the Parkland school shooting.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA TODAY,
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Wahlberg also commemorated the holiday with a photo of him and his children that was snapped during their recent New Years' vacation in St. James, Barbados.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Set collective benchmarks, whether improving efficiency or patient outcomes, and celebrate those achievements together.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr.,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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On March 8, Gaga will celebrate her second time hosting SNL and her fifth time performing on the sketch show.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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Resource Colonialism and Environmental Justice For centuries, natural resource extraction has fueled and perpetuated the enduring legacy of colonial control.—
Michaela Rychetska and Aissa Dearing,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Feb. 2025
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Sanctuary policies enable these criminal organizations to continue their operations and perpetuate the overdose epidemic.—
John Fabbricatore,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2025
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Sabathia won’t be the only ex-Yankee immortalized in Cooperstown this summer, though Ichiro Suzuki will obviously wear a Mariners cap on his plaque after receiving all but one BBWAA vote.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2025
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This cultural fascination with women’s hair spans centuries and continents, immortalized in every form of art—like Edgar Degas’ Woman Combing Her Hair or Pablo Picasso’s Woman with Yellow Hair.—
Eva Crouse,
Flow Space,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Eternalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eternalize. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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