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
Quaid, who portrayed the imposing Cousin Eddie in the movie, said that Chase had trouble memorizing his dialogue while filming a particularly verbose breakdown scene near the climax of the film.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
A little circular icon at the bottom of the screen tracks and visualizes your exact thumb motion with a red line to make memorizing tricks easier.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Every play Thomas makes on the floor is a reflection of her sharpness, but also her decade-plus of time spent memorizing coverages and player tendencies.
—Shane Young, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
A little circular icon at the bottom of the screen tracks and visualizes your exact thumb motion with a red line to make memorizing tricks easier.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Every play Thomas makes on the floor is a reflection of her sharpness, but also her decade-plus of time spent memorizing coverages and player tendencies.
—Shane Young, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorizing
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To create the new surface—which the FDA categorizes differently from other breast implants on the market—Motiva partnered with scientists studying nanotechnology’s role in breast implant surface design at the University of Manchester in England.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Acting was a career shift for Tillman, who was a pre-med student in college studying to be an orthopedic surgeon.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Appreciation means valuing the struggle of learning, not despite its difficulty but because of it.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Laura is frantic about saving Daniel after learning Cherry pushed her father from a construction site, fracturing his spine in two places.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Memorizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorizing. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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