How to Use memorization in a Sentence

memorization

noun
  • Witkus, who hopes to become a lawyer, said the studying and memorization was a challenge, but was well worth it.
    Janice Neumann, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Then, the course was redesigned to focus more on mastery of skills than memorization.
    Larry Gordon Edsource, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • With simple rules and a quick, entertaining play, the card game is a good way to pass time or to learn matching and memorization.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Chappell said the state’s shift to a new way of learning math beyond rote memorization and formulas is a good one.
    al, 6 July 2022
  • Tasks such as puzzles, games, and rote memorization were all done before and after the reviews.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • That makes each playthrough one of a kind, meaning players can't rely on rote memorization.
    Gieson Cacho Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 12 May 2021
  • The series of exams — which take three to four years to complete — have been hailed as possibly the most difficult memorization test in the world.
    Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Presenting a scent while learning a list a words and again that night during sleep boosts memorization.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Her school prizes sitting still at a desk and proceeding through a series of memorization tasks.
    Rivka Galchen, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
  • Parents shouldn’t feel a need to replicate a school environment at home through hours of deskwork, or a bunch of fact sheets or memorization tasks, Kerch said.
    Ruth Serven Smith | Rserven@al.com, al, 30 Apr. 2021
  • But, my friends, there has got to be a better way to showcase these queens’ line memorization/comedy skills than with these ten-minute sketches.
    Paul McCallion, Vulture, 22 July 2021
  • The existence of pi has also led to mass baking on March 14th, to pizza discounts and to memorization contests.
    Jeffery Delviscio, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2023
  • From the beginning Nazarenes emphasized the value of Bible study and memorization.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2023
  • These aren’t factual or rote memorization questions — these are a kind of multiple-choice brain teasers that tell you a whole bunch of different facts and then asks you to sort them out.
    Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The district has tried to inject fun back into the classroom, using hands-on games beyond pure memorization of concepts to help math concepts stick.
    Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Courses range from the memorization of the Quran to Arabic literature.
    New York Times, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Purists complain that players have become over-reliant on rote memorization, that games have become too even, predictable, and dull.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The habit reinforces his memorization while also offering a final chance to reshuffle the act.
    Tim Alberta, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2021
  • They’re composed to be catchy, with an ear toward repetition, and as a result, memorization.
    WIRED, 15 July 2023
  • In the contract, wait time and camera tests are paid separate from audition pay, and there is no language about memorization requirements.
    Tavi Gevinson, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
  • Quite apart from letter-perfect memorization of reams of dialogue, her comedic timing was innate, the planning meticulous and the performance no holds barred.
    Alfred Gough, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • That means any memorization that exists in the model is small, rare, and very difficult to accidentally extract.
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
  • There’s no memorization of lines or mannerisms, but an active search for the character’s personality and voice from within the actor on set.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • In the study, Shin and his colleagues also assessed how much memorization could explain decision quality.
    Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Decoding air pressure on weather maps takes memorization and context clues to translate.
    Dennis Mersereau, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
  • This well-rounded approach teaches students grammar, critical thinking, logic and rhetoric to give them the tools to succeed and problem-solve rather than focus solely on memorization to pass tests.
    Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Part of that change would include going beyond the basic memorization of dates and names in U.S. history and asking more critical thinking questions, such as how society can be fair to all and why the Bill of Rights is important.
    Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2021
  • This coupling of place with memory recalls a strategy for memorization invented by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
    May-Britt Moser, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2016
  • Vast online databases make effective search habits more important than rote memorization.
    TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
  • In addition to memorization, this game can help autistic kids identify objects and enhance their vocabulary.
    Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 6 Mar. 2024

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