as in to commemorate
to be a memorial of
at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott
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Recent Examples of memorialize
The contract spelled out that Grayson is an honorary member of the Falcons and also memorializes the team’s commitment to being a support system for Grayson.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Today, the soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq War are still memorialized in town and city squares across the country.
—Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
When a movie is scrapped in the development stage — as countless have been — it’s usually memorialized by an intern sending a script through the shredder.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Those prehistoric creatures who met their end around 65 million years ago are currently being memorialized online by dino-heads who mourn their mass extinction.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Today, the soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq War are still memorialized in town and city squares across the country.
—Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
When a movie is scrapped in the development stage — as countless have been — it’s usually memorialized by an intern sending a script through the shredder.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Those prehistoric creatures who met their end around 65 million years ago are currently being memorialized online by dino-heads who mourn their mass extinction.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialize
commemorate
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Queen Rania of Jordan opted for a glittering gold Giorgio Armani design for a charity dinner commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Al Aman Fund for the Future of Orphans on Tuesday night in Amman, Jordan.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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The company, a nonprofit, all-volunteer group, commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord and the evacuation of Lexington.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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