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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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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 Mangione no longer has to turn over those records and Judge Gregory Carro ruled court documents memorializing the defense legal strategy will no longer be unsealed. Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 18 June 2026 As professional dog trainers, both Loverseed and Smith said that portraits are a meaningful way to honor a pet, but memorializing them should be kept in perspective. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 All these years later, Houston has gotten good at memorializing Joe Campos Torres. Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 5 May 2026 University officials, in April 2025, honored Richie at an event memorializing students and faculty members who had recently died. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026 There’s a huge difference between memorializing a piece of pop culture and reanimating it. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026 The killings prompted other Bay Area events honoring the victims, including solidarity bike rides in San Francisco and dozens of other cities Saturday memorializing Pretti, an avid cyclist, as well as a protest in San Francisco last Saturday and vigils on both sides of the bay last Sunday. Warren Pederson, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026
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  • The children of deceased baseball legend Roberto Clemente sued Puerto Rico for issuing a commemorative license plate bearing his name and likeness.
    Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • The first 10,000 fans through the gates received commemorative bow tie pins as part of the tribute.
    Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 30 July 2026
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  • It was spent taking trade offers for players on their last-place team and commemorating the 40th anniversary of their 1986 World Series championship team — their last championship team.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Outside Busboys and Poets before Blumenthal’s talk, two young Iranian women held a banner commemorating the demonstrators who had been killed by forces of the Islamic Republic during two days of protests in January.
    James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
Adjective
  • She's spoken at length to Fox News personalities Sean Hannity and Trey Gowdy, both of whom eulogized Lindsey Graham at memorial services last month, and granted two interviews to local news outlets.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Even the National Highways Association joined the fray, arguing that the US$2 million Congress had authorized for the memorial in 1911 would be better spent on a memorial highway named for Lincoln linking Washington and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
    Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Memorializing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorializing. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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