as in to commemorate
to be a memorial of
at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott
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Recent Examples of memorialize
So how else will Trump be memorialized if not for Mount Rushmore?
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Other big stories ➤ Scores of mourners clad in Maryvale High School's colors of black and gold gathered to memorialize Michael Montoya II, a 16-year-old student fatally stabbed in class, during a vigil at the Phoenix school.
—Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Lib Wilhelm’s Cheese Slaw is memorialized in Oh My Stars!
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Hayek previously memorialized her late costar, who died in October 2023 from the acute effects of ketamine, shortly after his passing.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Other big stories ➤ Scores of mourners clad in Maryvale High School's colors of black and gold gathered to memorialize Michael Montoya II, a 16-year-old student fatally stabbed in class, during a vigil at the Phoenix school.
—Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Lib Wilhelm’s Cheese Slaw is memorialized in Oh My Stars!
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Hayek previously memorialized her late costar, who died in October 2023 from the acute effects of ketamine, shortly after his passing.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialize
commemorate
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Putin and Kim were among more than 20 world leaders in attendance for China’s military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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Putin had attended China’s military parade in 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, according to Chinese state media.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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