as in commemorating
serving to preserve the memory of a person, thing, or an event
a memorializing book on the sinking of the Titanic
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as in celebrating
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 memorializing
Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
Many attendees stopped on their way into the event to light candles and view an exhibit by photojournalist Zia Koren memorializing the attacks.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Many attendees stopped on their way into the event to light candles and view an exhibit by Koren memorializing the attacks.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
Many attendees stopped on their way into the event to light candles and view an exhibit by photojournalist Zia Koren memorializing the attacks.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorializing
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Customers would receive a special hat and pin commemorating the season.Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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Isaac, who always felt like an outsider in life, is now furious that his contemporary Alexander Hamilton has everything from money to a book to a musical commemorating him.Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Every fan in the arena was gifted a Carter poster, and the stands were decorated with a commemorative number 15 logo.Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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At the gate event celebration at DFW Airport, customers received a gift bag that included a koala plushie, a commemorative postcard and a voucher for a free koala moment at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane, American Airlines told USA TODAY.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
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The memorial service was held to remember Prince William's grandfather less than a year after his death, though the royal did not yet know Elizabeth herself had only months left to live.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Further details regarding memorial services and ways to support Officer Dawson’s family will be announced in the coming days, the release states.Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Memorializing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorializing. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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