as in commemorating
serving to preserve the memory of a person, thing, or an event
commemorative stamps for the stars of American popular music
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as in reminder
something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event
a stamp was issued as a commemorative of the event
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Recent Examples of commemorative
Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Fanatics unveiled special event merchandise and commemorative products to celebrate the milestone.
—Mark J. Burns, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Tubman’s photo was replaced with a series of commemorative postal stamps of those who escaped or helped others to escape slavery, including Tubman’s stamp.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
The caseback includes a commemorative medallion with the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics logo.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The race then ends with one and a half laps of the historic Roubaix velodrome, on the Belgian border, before the winner is presented with a commemorative cobble of their own on the podium.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Fanatics unveiled special event merchandise and commemorative products to celebrate the milestone.
—Mark J. Burns, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Tubman’s photo was replaced with a series of commemorative postal stamps of those who escaped or helped others to escape slavery, including Tubman’s stamp.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
The caseback includes a commemorative medallion with the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics logo.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commemorative
Noun
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Keaton’s death was a reminder that not all the cases involved jails that outsourced medical care to private companies.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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In a league that has taken offense to the 3-point line and has stressed a five-out approach that leaves the lane vacant as a point of attack, the latest infusion of centers have offered a reminder about the value of the longest of length, the biggest of bodies.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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More than a month later, and two days after her own memorial service, the lady preacher reappeared, still barefoot but now wandering around a Mexican desert, hundreds of miles away.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Metcalf family will have a private burial after the memorial service, according to the obituary.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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Purchases of food, drink, lanterns to launch on the lake and souvenirs require Wildbucks, scrip that can be bought on the grounds.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
9 Apr. 2025
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The beautiful bookshop boasts fiction and contemporary non-fiction but its speciality is really in higher-end fine art books (that would make for great Parisian souvenirs).—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Commemorative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commemorative. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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