as in studying
to commit to memory
everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class
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Recent Examples of memorizing
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.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
A little circular icon at the bottom of the screen tracks and visualizes your exact thumb motion with a red line to make memorizing tricks easier.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Every play Thomas makes on the floor is a reflection of her sharpness, but also her decade-plus of time spent memorizing coverages and player tendencies.
—Shane Young, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
A little circular icon at the bottom of the screen tracks and visualizes your exact thumb motion with a red line to make memorizing tricks easier.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Every play Thomas makes on the floor is a reflection of her sharpness, but also her decade-plus of time spent memorizing coverages and player tendencies.
—Shane Young, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorizing
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The 600,000 figure is also more than double the number of Chinese students studying in this country in 2023-2024.—
Anna Esaki-Smith,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Astronomers have long turned to studying other planetary systems in their infancy to glean more information about how exactly the process unfolded.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Her 8-year-old son Auron has been studying the diverse plants that grow there and learning to pull up invasive species.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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After teachers in his district suggested banning ChatGPT just a few years ago, School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington told ABC News that instead of removing AI, Philadelphia is now learning from it together.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Memorizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorizing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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