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
That distinction matters if the goal is communicating naturally rather than simply memorizing phrases.
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Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026
Fox News’ Watters may want to start memorizing a few NFL stats.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 May 2026
To get a cab license, drivers must pass the Knowledge, a 161-year-old test that requires memorizing 25,000 streets and thousands of landmarks and businesses.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Surprisingly, though, memorizing dialogue came easier than expected.
—Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Other games involve drawing blindfolded, giving the least popular answer to a survey question, memorizing images and hitting the buzzer after a certain amount of time has passed.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
His near-photographic memory and love of sports allowed him at the age of 10 to start memorizing all the winners of the Heisman Trophy – awarded annually to the top player in college football – that date back to 1935.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
Grand masters typically spend countless hours studying and memorizing long sequences of moves suggested by computer programs.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
Ash found success by attending revival-style sales conventions and memorizing every smile, wink, and maxim in the Stanley songbook.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026
Fox News’ Watters may want to start memorizing a few NFL stats.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 May 2026
To get a cab license, drivers must pass the Knowledge, a 161-year-old test that requires memorizing 25,000 streets and thousands of landmarks and businesses.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Surprisingly, though, memorizing dialogue came easier than expected.
—Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Other games involve drawing blindfolded, giving the least popular answer to a survey question, memorizing images and hitting the buzzer after a certain amount of time has passed.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
His near-photographic memory and love of sports allowed him at the age of 10 to start memorizing all the winners of the Heisman Trophy – awarded annually to the top player in college football – that date back to 1935.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
Grand masters typically spend countless hours studying and memorizing long sequences of moves suggested by computer programs.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
Ash found success by attending revival-style sales conventions and memorizing every smile, wink, and maxim in the Stanley songbook.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorizing
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Other teams of astronomers have looked for clues about the movements of giant planets in the orbits of asteroids and other small objects, studying them like footprints to reconstruct how they might have been pushed or pulled into their current orbits by the gravity of giant planets on the move.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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By studying past hurricanes, AI models can identify similarities with current storms and help forecasters detect important changes earlier.—
Katie Garch,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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The deep-learning assistant integrates with the company’s existing size widgets and retailer data portals, and rolls out for retail deployment at the start of June.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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That mentality plays into Elliott’s desire to continue learning new things about his trade even after a career spanning six decades.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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“Memorizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorizing. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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