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 project also memorializes the aspiring fashion designer and trans woman Dominique Rem'mie Fells who was murdered in Philly in 2020.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Alison Crowther Crowther, who graduated from Boston College with honors and was on the lacrosse team, is memorialized on campus at the school's 9/11 memorial.
—Logan Hall, CBS News, 23 May 2026
The reassignments were unrelated to the Feldman investigation, Bess said, and were memorialized in a department-wide email from Jones that Bess provided to the Miami Herald.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
For his part, Musk said in the lawsuit that the agreement on OpenAI's non-profit status was memorialized in a legal filing when OpenAI was incorporated.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 May 2026
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Alison Crowther Crowther, who graduated from Boston College with honors and was on the lacrosse team, is memorialized on campus at the school's 9/11 memorial.
—Logan Hall, CBS News, 23 May 2026
The reassignments were unrelated to the Feldman investigation, Bess said, and were memorialized in a department-wide email from Jones that Bess provided to the Miami Herald.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
For his part, Musk said in the lawsuit that the agreement on OpenAI's non-profit status was memorialized in a legal filing when OpenAI was incorporated.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 May 2026
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memorialize. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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