commemoration
noun
Examples of commemoration in a Sentence
Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Members of the Rwandan military band play their instruments during the arrival of dignitaries to the commemorations of the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
—Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
The Fellowship will be presented as part of a commemoration of Morton’s work during the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards ceremony on Feb. 18 at London’s Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
The agenda of the meeting included an item on marking Holocaust Remembrance Day and funding educational programs around this commemoration.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 30 Mar. 2024
Trump has used the occasion of the public launch of his company to draw a comparison between his legal difficulties and the Christian commemoration of Holy Week, which ends Sunday with the celebration of Easter.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Discussions about memorializing these events began in 2017 during the 50th commemoration of the marches.
—Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024
The campaign will also tie efforts to key moments in Black history, including the upcoming commemoration of Bloody Sunday, Juneteenth and the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
For the first time since that night 54 years ago, Mayfield and Cole are introduced to two members of Up With People who traveled to Oxford for the commemoration.
—Debbie Elliott, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
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Word History
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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