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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Today, the day is memorialized for its celebration of art, counterculture and defiance.
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Nadia Lopez, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
Randy had died two days earlier, after a long battle with cancer, and now the car was here to memorialize him.
—Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Unlike Woodstock, which took place a few hours up the road that same summer and has been endlessly memorialized since, the Harlem Cultural Festival faded into obscurity.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
All of that makes memorializing a student without risking contagion a balancing act.
—Max Kutner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
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Nadia Lopez, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
Randy had died two days earlier, after a long battle with cancer, and now the car was here to memorialize him.
—Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Unlike Woodstock, which took place a few hours up the road that same summer and has been endlessly memorialized since, the Harlem Cultural Festival faded into obscurity.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
All of that makes memorializing a student without risking contagion a balancing act.
—Max Kutner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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