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
Furthermore, Smat says the book memorializes the tragedy, while also serving as a love letter to the city before and after the event.
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Brayden Garcia
may 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2026
Fredenhagen Park’s Exchange Club Memories Fountain, which memorializes and honors Naperville community members, is back on after a nearly five-year hiatus.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Of the handful of White House weddings, a few were not properly memorialized with photos or paintings, including those of the children of Presidents James Monroe, John Quincy Adams and John Tyler.
—Brooke Migdon, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Many of Sterling’s contemporaries told The Athletic that the Yankees should memorialize him.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 May 2026
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Brayden Garcia
may 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2026
Fredenhagen Park’s Exchange Club Memories Fountain, which memorializes and honors Naperville community members, is back on after a nearly five-year hiatus.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Of the handful of White House weddings, a few were not properly memorialized with photos or paintings, including those of the children of Presidents James Monroe, John Quincy Adams and John Tyler.
—Brooke Migdon, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Many of Sterling’s contemporaries told The Athletic that the Yankees should memorialize him.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialize
commemorate
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New York chose not to hang a banner to commemorate its in-season tournament triumph.—
Esfandiar Baraheni,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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This year’s 250th anniversary events, commemorating America’s founders’ refusal to be bound by a tyrant, were supposed to be planned by a nonpartisan, nonprofit group created by Congress in 2016 via a bipartisan congressional caucus of more than 350 members.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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