as in to learn
to commit to memory
everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class
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Recent Examples of memorize
Using a blend of whole language and phonics, balanced literacy focuses on teaching students to memorize sight words and use context and picture cues to understand a word’s meaning.
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Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2025
In addition to memorizing the Psalms, Buz had just completed another play.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2025
But while classmates memorized case law, Makar and Gavri had a side hustle creating short-form legal content on Instagram.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
In true arcade fashion, each level ends with a boss battle whose unique patterns must be memorized to deliver critical blows.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
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Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2025
In addition to memorizing the Psalms, Buz had just completed another play.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2025
But while classmates memorized case law, Makar and Gavri had a side hustle creating short-form legal content on Instagram.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
In true arcade fashion, each level ends with a boss battle whose unique patterns must be memorized to deliver critical blows.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
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Emil Michael, the under secretary of Defense for research and engineering, said Russia’s more than three-year invasion of Ukraine has shown the new trajectory of warfare, one that the U.S. and the rest of the world is learning from.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
16 Aug. 2025
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DiLoreto cut his proverbial coaching teeth learning under longtime Everett coach John DiBiaso, who is now leading Catholic Memorial to unforeseen heights.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
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Fan and her colleagues studied 20 years of logs from NASA’s Deep Space Network, an array of radio antennas stationed at sites around the world, which NASA uses to keep in touch with its far-flung spacecraft.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Blood-pressure medication briefly eased her symptoms, but her health worsened during her senior year studying nursing at Indiana University.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Memorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorize. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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