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
Now he’ll be nearly immortalized, with a car in his name and lots of reminders, on and in that car, of his existence.
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025
Tina Turner has been immortalized in the form of a statue in her Tennessee hometown.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Compared with all this, a bunch of college students shouting down the conservative political scientist Charles Murray—an incident at Middlebury College now immortalized through endless retelling—is small potatoes.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
That look was immortalized when he was photographed at Blitz with designer David Holah who, along with Stevie Stewart, made up the groovy (and now hugely collectible) fashion label BodyMap.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025
Tina Turner has been immortalized in the form of a statue in her Tennessee hometown.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Compared with all this, a bunch of college students shouting down the conservative political scientist Charles Murray—an incident at Middlebury College now immortalized through endless retelling—is small potatoes.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
That look was immortalized when he was photographed at Blitz with designer David Holah who, along with Stevie Stewart, made up the groovy (and now hugely collectible) fashion label BodyMap.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immortalized
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In July, Taylor shared photos on Instagram as the happy couple commemorated their first anniversary together.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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In a social media post in May, the Tournament of Champions host commemorated Jules’ graduation from Loyola Marymount University's Loyola Law School with his Master of Science in Legal Studies (MLS).—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Endurance athlete Colin O'Brady, celebrated internationally in 2018 as the first person to traverse Antarctica solo and unassisted, is returning to the unforgiving continent for an even more arduous trek.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this month, Ripa celebrated her 25 seasons on Live, tying with Oprah Winfrey as TV's longest-running female daytime talk host.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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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Some plaintiffs and experts have said the chatbots perpetuated illusions, never flagged worrying language from a user or pointed the user to resources for help.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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Berman was named Pennsylvania Co-Sportswriter of the Year in 2018 and has been honored by the PFWA.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Emily also wore her favorite Burrow jersey, while Rich honored Jimmy by wearing his jersey, inspired by a game day look Joe once sported.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Immortalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immortalized. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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