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
How to memorialize Instagram account A request to memorialize an Instagram page can only be made after the owner of the account has passed away.
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
His legacy is not just memorialized in books or bridges, but in every voter registration drive, protest march and fearless act of democratic defiance.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
For You's Michael Koman, sees the camera crew who memorialized the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company turn their attention to a failing Midwestern newspaper called The Truth Teller.
—Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 12 May 2025
In August 2024, the museum announced a new project in collaboration with the Arlington Historical Society that would memorialize the enslaved of Arlington (MEA) and celebrate their lives.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
His legacy is not just memorialized in books or bridges, but in every voter registration drive, protest march and fearless act of democratic defiance.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
For You's Michael Koman, sees the camera crew who memorialized the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company turn their attention to a failing Midwestern newspaper called The Truth Teller.
—Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 12 May 2025
In August 2024, the museum announced a new project in collaboration with the Arlington Historical Society that would memorialize the enslaved of Arlington (MEA) and celebrate their lives.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialize
commemorate
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None of the main four stars — Blake Lively, America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn — commemorated the event on social media, despite being open about their bond, both on and offscreen, over the years.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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Minerva was erected in 1920—by Charles M. Higgins, an Irish immigrant who manufactured a famous ink—to commemorate the hundred-and-forty-fourth anniversary of the Battle of Long Island.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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