as in commemorated
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 immortalized
Joining Mindelle in the musical will be four-time Emmy winner and Tony nominee Jim Parsons, who will step into the heels of Rose's mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater (immortalized on screen by Frances Fisher).
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Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
With landscapes immortalized by writer John Steinbeck and a waterfront that was once home to a thriving sardine industry, the seaside location is full of 19th-century architecture, seafood, restaurants, pubs, and a walkable downtown area.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
Nyad's journey from shore to shore — also immortalized in the 2023 sports drama Nyad starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster — tells the story of a person striving to overcome trauma and achieve greatness at great personal cost.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
The 1989 song lists 59 people— both famous and infamous — that the Piano Man immortalized as being important to the mid-century period.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Throughout the 19th century, resorts sprang up around the island, immortalized in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
As another year passes, a whole new batch of British entertainment scandals is immortalized in The Hollywood Reporter‘s overview of a controversial 2025.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
The Chinchorro began mummifying their dead well before the Egyptians immortalized the practice.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 28 Dec. 2025
In 1970, she was immortalized in sculpture by artist Aslan as Marianne, the personification of the French Republic.
—Donald Liebenson, Vanity Fair, 28 Dec. 2025
Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
With landscapes immortalized by writer John Steinbeck and a waterfront that was once home to a thriving sardine industry, the seaside location is full of 19th-century architecture, seafood, restaurants, pubs, and a walkable downtown area.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
Nyad's journey from shore to shore — also immortalized in the 2023 sports drama Nyad starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster — tells the story of a person striving to overcome trauma and achieve greatness at great personal cost.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
The 1989 song lists 59 people— both famous and infamous — that the Piano Man immortalized as being important to the mid-century period.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Throughout the 19th century, resorts sprang up around the island, immortalized in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
As another year passes, a whole new batch of British entertainment scandals is immortalized in The Hollywood Reporter‘s overview of a controversial 2025.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
The Chinchorro began mummifying their dead well before the Egyptians immortalized the practice.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 28 Dec. 2025
In 1970, she was immortalized in sculpture by artist Aslan as Marianne, the personification of the French Republic.
—Donald Liebenson, Vanity Fair, 28 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immortalized
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Iman commemorated the event in a second Instagram post with snippets of the pair during their wedding ceremony at St James' Episcopal Church in Florence, Italy, on June 6, 1992.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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One year after two of the most destructive wildfires in California’s history erupted just hours apart, survivors commemorated the day in Altadena and Pacific Palisades with a mixture of anger and somber remembrance.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The project will be the next phase of the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora (MoCAAD), a virtual museum that celebrated its 10th anniversary in December at a gala at the Lyric Theater.—
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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This past October, Parker celebrated her son James Wilkie's 23rd birthday with a video on Instagram.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Many, however, believed the celebration perpetuated a harmful anti-Jewish stereotype.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
18 Dec. 2025
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My mother may not have perpetuated harmful beliefs about food or bodies, but she was immersed in the evangelical purity culture of the 90s, and the expectations for mothers there were not unlike the heavy load therapeutic culture insists upon today.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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Over the course of his career, he has been honored by the Cannes, Berlin and Venice film festivals, as well as the Golden Globes, SAG Awards and major critics’ groups.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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Beavers said the evening meetings have a speaker, honored guests and various activities, including 50/50 prizes and cash drawings.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Immortalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immortalized. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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