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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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verb

present participle of memorialize
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
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These are ways of memorializing not merely dead friends but often also their long days of dying in a time when AIDS was a death sentence. — Colm Tóibín, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 Netflix, which is streaming the game, ran a segment memorializing 9/11 and the NFL's reaction on the tragic day and the decision about what to do afterward. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Broomfield celebrated the milestone with a collection of screenshots memorializing Tiafoe’s accomplishments over the years. — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026 But to people online, the tribute by the Duchess of Sussex didn’t appear to be all that focused on memorializing a friend or highlighting her accomplishments and contributions to society. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026 The goldenseal flowers on its surface memorializing whoever had been buried in it. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 While radio and television have generally fallen short in memorializing the dead, there are blogs, zines, and commercial websites devoted to dying, and personal web pages and online videos have all helped democratize death. — Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026 Cody instructed Figueroa to send her a text message memorializing his concerns and reasons for wanting to resign, the lawsuit said. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 Jack Manning knows firsthand the emotional and practical challenge of memorializing a loved one in a way that feels appropriate. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorializing
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  • The commemorative uniform replicates the team’s iconic 1971–74 road design.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • For $20, guests could fill a commemorative plastic stein with one of these brews.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026
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  • The 2030 World Cup will also feature three centenary celebration matches in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, commemorating the inaugural tournament held in Uruguay in 1930.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In 2021, then-Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador requested that the headdress be loaned to Mexico for an exhibition commemorating 500 years since the fall of the city of Tenochtitlan.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 12 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Though classes were canceled, several mourners sat in front of the memorial Friday morning to pay their respects to the victims.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung attended the memorial services at Le Thi Rieng Park, where the remains were recovered from mass graves after over three months of excavations.
    — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Memorializing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorializing. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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