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eternalized

verb

past tense of eternalize

as in celebrated

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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To cap the most chaotic week of his managerial career, Joe Espada celebrated his 51st birthday on Sunday.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
The family of four embraced and celebrated Scheffler’s accomplishment, which came with a $10 million check.

— Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

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Davis shared her thoughts alongside a side-by-side comparison of the costume with 19th-century minstrel imagery, which perpetuated racist stereotypes about Black Americans and involved the use of blackface.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Aug. 2026
Many people today have inherited and perpetuated this way of thinking without knowing it, including those who are deemed deficient by it.

— Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

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In 2022, Parton herself commemorated her first appearance on the beloved Disney Channel series.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
As the 25th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the Oak Lawn Public Library commemorated the village’s memorial to the tragedy with a visit from its creator.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of commemorated

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Curry originated the role onstage in London and immortalized it in 1975’s Rocky Horror Picture Show.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Schamis is an old-school Wall Street guy who spent his early career at Salomon Brothers, the trading shop immortalized in Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

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