How to Use memorization in a Sentence
memorization
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This is not about memorization.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
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The focus can’t just be on memorization.
—Bruce Broussard, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Then, the course was redesigned to focus more on mastery of skills than memorization.
—Larry Gordon Edsource, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
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That makes each playthrough one of a kind, meaning players can't rely on rote memorization.
—Gieson Cacho Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 12 May 2021
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If these cases were counted, the amount of memorization would be even higher.
—ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
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Witkus, who hopes to become a lawyer, said the studying and memorization was a challenge, but was well worth it.
—Janice Neumann, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2021
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Her school prizes sitting still at a desk and proceeding through a series of memorization tasks.
—Rivka Galchen, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
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Presenting a scent while learning a list a words and again that night during sleep boosts memorization.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
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Tasks such as puzzles, games, and rote memorization were all done before and after the reviews.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
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Before mass printing, memorization was the prime means by which anyone could know an author.
—Daniel Buck, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
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But the removal of memorization from our schools has been a serious mistake.
—Daniel Buck, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
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The most important skills were never about memorization or speed.
—Ben Churchill, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
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Chappell said the state’s shift to a new way of learning math beyond rote memorization and formulas is a good one.
—al, 6 July 2022
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With simple rules and a quick, entertaining play, the card game is a good way to pass time or to learn matching and memorization.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
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Awana will feature theme nights, games, Scripture memorization, Bible lessons, and more.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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This is a time in history that is not best learned through dry memorization but through visceral storytelling.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
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But, my friends, there has got to be a better way to showcase these queens’ line memorization/comedy skills than with these ten-minute sketches.
—Paul McCallion, Vulture, 22 July 2021
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Some language learning platforms are all about the boring memorization.
—Jessica Kanzler, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
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Gone are the days of rote memorization and one-size-fits-all problem-solving—but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
—Alex Vance, Parents, 23 May 2026
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While memorization has a role in learning, deep learning is about understanding.
—Jerrid Kruse, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2025
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Purists complain that players have become over-reliant on rote memorization, that games have become too even, predictable, and dull.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2021
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They’re composed to be catchy, with an ear toward repetition, and as a result, memorization.
—WIRED, 15 July 2023
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The series of exams — which take three to four years to complete — have been hailed as possibly the most difficult memorization test in the world.
—Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2021
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Decoding air pressure on weather maps takes memorization and context clues to translate.
—Dennis Mersereau, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
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But their union has reserved most of its criticism for a math push that seeks to encourage critical thinking over rote memorization.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
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First, in the fifteenth century, the advent of the printing press limited our need for memorization.
—Daniel Buck, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
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The habit reinforces his memorization while also offering a final chance to reshuffle the act.
—Tim Alberta, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2021
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In a workplace where AI is everywhere, routine tasks and memorization will no longer define a job.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Parents shouldn’t feel a need to replicate a school environment at home through hours of deskwork, or a bunch of fact sheets or memorization tasks, Kerch said.
—Ruth Serven Smith | [email protected], al, 30 Apr. 2021
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More formal memorization used to be a common classroom ritual.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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