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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The damage is not hidden but, instead, memorialized.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
After the cow invasion, Anoka's town leaders had enough, said John Jost, 47, a longtime resident and Halloween enthusiast who helped memorialize the city’s history of the holiday.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The ever-growing urgency of the climate crisis yields a slow, sensory cinematic experience as Swiss artist Ludwig Berger memorializes the Morteratsch Glacier through recording the sound of it melting.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
The dramatic imagery memorializes the successful sendoff for Starship V2, which now cedes the spotlight to its even bigger successors.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
After the cow invasion, Anoka's town leaders had enough, said John Jost, 47, a longtime resident and Halloween enthusiast who helped memorialize the city’s history of the holiday.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The ever-growing urgency of the climate crisis yields a slow, sensory cinematic experience as Swiss artist Ludwig Berger memorializes the Morteratsch Glacier through recording the sound of it melting.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
The dramatic imagery memorializes the successful sendoff for Starship V2, which now cedes the spotlight to its even bigger successors.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memorialize. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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