eternalize

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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Verb
  • Pride Plays was started as a festival to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, six years ago.
    H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • And the day also commemorates that quietly, the ozone layer continues its recovery, monitored by satellites that confirm what the Montreal Protocol set in motion decades ago.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • In June, Inaba celebrated her 20th anniversary with the program in a lengthy message posted to social media.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Farage, meanwhile, has publicly celebrated his own friendship with the commander in chief.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
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  • Nothing about disabled people should be created without disabled people and this principle becomes even more critical when dealing with AI systems that can perpetuate or challenge existing biases.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Political nepotism perpetuates the recycling of the same leaders, leaving young people without representation or a voice in governance.
    Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • More Leff/Getty Images Great moments deserve to be recognized, and Phillies manager Rob Thomson had a memorable way of immortalizing this one.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What initially appeared to be a deadly injury from an ambush now appears to be an execution-style killing by a man folklore said was, and was immortalized in popular culture as, an upstanding lawman.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Eternalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eternalize. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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