memorialize
verb
me·mo·ri·al·ize
mə-ˈmȯr-ē-ə-ˌlīz 
memorialized; memorializing
1
: to address or petition by a memorial
2
a
: to serve as a memorial of : commemorate
a statue memorializing the event
b
: to do or create something that causes people to remember (a person, thing, or event)
a period in history that has been memorialized in countless films
Examples of memorialize in a Sentence
an exciting period in history that has been memorialized in many popular books and movies
at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott
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may 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2026
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Brayden Garcia
may 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2026
Fredenhagen Park’s Exchange Club Memories Fountain, which memorializes and honors Naperville community members, is back on after a nearly five-year hiatus.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Of the handful of White House weddings, a few were not properly memorialized with photos or paintings, including those of the children of Presidents James Monroe, John Quincy Adams and John Tyler.
—Brooke Migdon, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Many of Sterling’s contemporaries told The Athletic that the Yankees should memorialize him.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 May 2026
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memorialize. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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