in (someone's) honor
idiom
: as a way to show respect and admiration for (someone)
They're having a dinner in the new coach's honor.
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The annual event is held in honor of the writers of the year’s most accomplished film and episodic series adaptations, as well as the authors of the works on which they are based.
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
Its audiences were known to fly Finnish flags in honor of Osmo Vänskä, who raised the orchestra to rare heights of excellence in a turbulent 19-year tenure as music director that ended in 2022.
—David Allen Jenn Ackerman, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Rev Sharpton scheduled his National Action Network (NAN) rally in honor of MLK to take place at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington DC at the same time as Trump’s inauguration.
—Kizzy Cox, Essence, 21 Jan. 2025
But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
Its audiences were known to fly Finnish flags in honor of Osmo Vänskä, who raised the orchestra to rare heights of excellence in a turbulent 19-year tenure as music director that ended in 2022.
—David Allen Jenn Ackerman, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Rev Sharpton scheduled his National Action Network (NAN) rally in honor of MLK to take place at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington DC at the same time as Trump’s inauguration.
—Kizzy Cox, Essence, 21 Jan. 2025
But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025
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“In (someone's) honor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20%28someone%27s%29%20honor. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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