Anniversary and Event

Anniversary

Anniversary noun - The date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it).

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Event and anniversary are semantically related. in turning point topic. In some cases you can use "Event" instead a noun "Anniversary".

Event noun - Something that happens.

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Anniversary and event are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anniversary" instead a noun "Event".

Nearby Words: eventual, eventful, eventuality, eventless

live	live anniversary	live event
special	special anniversary	special event
certain	certain anniversary	certain event
original	original anniversary	original event
Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, big, new, significant, next, yearly, recent, previous, annual, upcoming, aforementioned.

The event was launched in celebration of Watchmen's 25th anniversary.Each of the miniseries involves some of the best talents in the comics industry to date.

Source: Comic Book / Before Watchmen
In John Carpenter's The Fog, the target town is holding its bicentennial celebration - which happens to be the anniversary of a revenge-worthy event, resulting in the Fog of Doom.

Source: Attack of the Town Festival
A common way of justifying this trope is to make the event's first mention on an anniversary.

Source: Exactly Exty Years Ago

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