as in to commemorate
to give eternal or lasting existence to
immortalized the words "Call me Ishmael" as the novel's opening line
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Recent Examples of immortalize
In recognition for his outsized role on the show, Broder was immortalized with a cameo as the guy knocking on the Cheers bar door in the final seconds of the series finale.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
An old and derelict residential hotel in Detroit that was immortalized in a song by The White Stripes has been shut down by the city.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The song was later popularized by the Bobby Fuller Four — who transformed the track into a Top 10 hit — and eventually immortalized by the Clash, who recorded their punk rock take in 1979.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
And now her life story is immortalized in the new Hulu film, Swiped.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 19 Sep. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
An old and derelict residential hotel in Detroit that was immortalized in a song by The White Stripes has been shut down by the city.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The song was later popularized by the Bobby Fuller Four — who transformed the track into a Top 10 hit — and eventually immortalized by the Clash, who recorded their punk rock take in 1979.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
And now her life story is immortalized in the new Hulu film, Swiped.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immortalize
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Alvar Aalto’s wiggly vase is instantly recognizable—a collectible item that will properly commemorate the special occasion.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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Zuiker recently reflected to TV Insider in an interview commemorating the 25th anniversary of the influential drama's premiere.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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Nigerian Independence Day is celebrated annually on October 1st as a commemoration of Nigeria’s independence from British rule in 1960.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
8 Oct. 2025
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LimX Dynamics’ humanoid robot, Oli, took center stage in a short YouTube video that celebrates this union, blending centuries-old culture with the precision of modern engineering.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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There was no forgetting the notorious Confederate prison camps like Andersonville and Salisbury, the Confederate pogrom at Fort Pillow, and the fact that the South had seceded in the first place to perpetuate and expand an elite-serving economy based on human chattel.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Oct. 2025
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As Perez wrote, Musk’s free-speech absolutism was a fiction perpetuated by a pliant media.—
Jacob Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Immortalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immortalize. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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