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
Why memorize facts, write code, research anything—when a model can do it in seconds?
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Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Ruby memorized them while dealing with a family tragedy.
—Caitlin Hu, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
No plays to memorize, no rotations to execute.
—D’joumbarey A. Moreau, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Some skiers memorize courses like actors learning scripts; others study data on pitch and distances to find the ideal line.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Ruby memorized them while dealing with a family tragedy.
—Caitlin Hu, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
No plays to memorize, no rotations to execute.
—D’joumbarey A. Moreau, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Some skiers memorize courses like actors learning scripts; others study data on pitch and distances to find the ideal line.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Further on the tech front, OpenAI is focusing employee and investor attention on its enterprise business as the artificial intelligence startup gears up to go public, potentially by the end of the year, CNBC has learned.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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Investigators learned on Tuesday that Lickhart had died from her injuries, and homicide detectives took over the case, DiMartino said.—
Nathan Pilling
March 17,
Kansas City Star,
18 Mar. 2026
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Around the same time, researchers at Johns Hopkins gave volunteers psilocybin, the active component in hallucinogenic mushrooms, to study its psychological effects.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Recovered in 2015, the ship was identified and studied through the Slave Wrecks Project, an international network of institutions that confirmed it was associated with the trans-Atlantic slave trade.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Memorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorize. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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