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
Other common features include key fobs or key cards, which can grant access to your home without requiring users to memorize a code.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Sales teams unconsciously memorize product specs between REM cycles.
—Raghu Para, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Jokes that could very well work in his trademark loose-documentary style fall flat when read by actors who’ve simply memorized their lines.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Quaid, who portrayed the imposing Cousin Eddie in the movie, said that Chase had trouble memorizing his dialogue while filming a particularly verbose breakdown scene near the climax of the film.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Sales teams unconsciously memorize product specs between REM cycles.
—Raghu Para, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Jokes that could very well work in his trademark loose-documentary style fall flat when read by actors who’ve simply memorized their lines.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Quaid, who portrayed the imposing Cousin Eddie in the movie, said that Chase had trouble memorizing his dialogue while filming a particularly verbose breakdown scene near the climax of the film.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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My history and the lessons learned My record of immediately reversing transfers is historically bad, with this season no exception!—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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One cornerstone is Bayesian optimization, an active-learning strategy that greedily picks the next best experiment.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the show, Marshall says his father moved to Eerie to study it as the most normal city in the United States.—
Jenny Porter Tilley,
IndyStar,
27 Oct. 2025
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After studying her pictures, Walter realized that the corona was not homogeneous.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Memorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorize. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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