as in learns
to commit to memory
everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class
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Recent Examples of memorizes
Islamic credo teaches that the more one memorizes the Quran, the higher one’s rank in heaven.
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Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 May 2026
But then this mofo goes and memorizes totally needless ingredients in bacon ranch chicken sandwiches.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 May 2026
But then this mofo goes and memorizes totally needless ingredients in bacon ranch chicken sandwiches.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorizes
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And, soon, the OCFA crew learns that one of three storage tanks at the plant — one that contains the chemical methyl methacrylate, or MMA — is bulging.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
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Elio and his friend work on a service project in a rural community, while Celi learns traditional medicine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Lucia ultimately provided a genetic sample, which was sent to a lab that studies genetic variants.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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She’s interrogated by a researcher named Phil (Mark Duplass), who works for the mysterious company Async, which used to build MRI machines and now studies the Backrooms.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Nobody knows how often adverse events occur, said Kristen Nixon, a Johns Hopkins University researcher who has studied posts about weight loss drugs on Reddit, a popular online forum.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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She’s made a career out of being a normal person who knows a lot about technology but never gets carried away by sci-fi fantasies.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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“Memorizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorizes. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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