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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Volunteers were supported by the Boston Public Health Commission and the city Parks and Recreation Department in planting more than 20,000 purple flags in the park to memorialize those who have died in the opioid epidemic.
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Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
The two sides on Thursday memorialized an agreement to open exclusive negotiations that officials hope will lead to turning Cal Expo’s defunct horse racing track and grand stand into a new football facility located roughly three miles north of Sacramento State’s campus.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Their letters were memorialized in the book My Dear Bessie, edited by Simon Garfield.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
So how else will Trump be memorialized if not for Mount Rushmore?
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
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Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
The two sides on Thursday memorialized an agreement to open exclusive negotiations that officials hope will lead to turning Cal Expo’s defunct horse racing track and grand stand into a new football facility located roughly three miles north of Sacramento State’s campus.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Their letters were memorialized in the book My Dear Bessie, edited by Simon Garfield.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
So how else will Trump be memorialized if not for Mount Rushmore?
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialize
commemorate
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The event was modeled after MGM’s Studio luncheon to commemorate their 25th anniversary, which also welcomed actors, producers and other luminaries.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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In August, Hounsou joined others at African Landing Day in Hampton to commemorate the ship’s arrival at Fort Monroe.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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