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
That era, highlighted by the franchise’s last appearance in the NBA Finals, is memorialized with photos of a toddler-aged Jalen sporting Knicks gear and posing on the Garden hardwood.
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Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
Padmé had an iconic look, too, which Christensen wanted to memorialize.
—Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
There’s a huge difference between memorializing a piece of pop culture and reanimating it.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
The grand jury really dates back to before the Bill of Rights, but for our purposes it’s memorialized in the Fifth Amendment within the Bill of Rights.
—John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
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Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
Padmé had an iconic look, too, which Christensen wanted to memorialize.
—Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
There’s a huge difference between memorializing a piece of pop culture and reanimating it.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
The grand jury really dates back to before the Bill of Rights, but for our purposes it’s memorialized in the Fifth Amendment within the Bill of Rights.
—John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
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Mayor Johnson pointed to a visit with Jackson to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate Bloody Sunday — the infamous day in 1965 in which some 600 marchers set off from Selma headed for the state capital of Montgomery in response to a shooting that killed a civil rights activist.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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On this day, many Christians mark their Lenten journey by receiving ashes made from the palms distributed during the previous year's Palm Sunday celebration, the first day of Holy Week, which commemorates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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