memorializes

present tense third-person singular of memorialize
as in commemorates
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 memorializes The event, which celebrates Jackson’s career and memorializes his final concert performance, will be available to stream the next day on Peacock. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026 Cosmic Symphony memorializes the instruments, honors their journeys, and affirms the resilience of the human spirit. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026 The dollhouse memorializes the salon hosted by Carrie and her younger sisters, painter Florine and writer Ettie, and visited by all the great avant-garde artists and thinkers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 The Wildland Firefighter Foundation maintains a monument in Boise, Idaho, as well as a Wall of Honor, which memorializes each of the fallen. — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 29 June 2026 Next, head south to Belmont Harbor and recently installed AIDS Garden Chicago, where a Keith Haring sculpture, Self-Portrait, memorializes those who have died from HIV. — Midwest Living, 12 June 2026 The project also memorializes the aspiring fashion designer and trans woman Dominique Rem'mie Fells who was murdered in Philly in 2020. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 Furthermore, Smat says the book memorializes the tragedy, while also serving as a love letter to the city before and after the event. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorializes
commemorates
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  • Rather than focusing on the deaths themselves, the exhibit examines how the nation commemorates its leaders through ritual and tradition.
    — Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026
  • After the women came forward, California lawmakers urged against Cesar Chavez Day celebrations and called for his name to be removed from the holiday, which commemorates the labor movement.
    — Ford McCracken, The Hill, 28 Oct. 2026

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“Memorializes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorializes. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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