ceremonially
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The irony of it happening more than 1,500 miles away from Burning Man, where installations are ceremonially reduced to ash, is not lost.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
After the flag-draped transfer cases were ceremonially removed from the plane, they were driven to the medical examiner’s unit for a full autopsy to confirm the cause and manner of death.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024
At the Iowa State Fair, pork chops have been ceremonially flipped.
From Slate • Sep. 25, 2023
"It's been used ceremonially for 140 years and it desperately needed repairing," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2023
We do it ceremonially, we stretch our legs out in front of us and spit deliberately, that is the only way.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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