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
Since its publication in 1915, the poem has been adopted by the American Legion and its auxiliary, and the poppy has become the official flower to memorialize the fallen.
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Anita Gosch, Oc Register, 1 June 2025
Decades later, that feeling is more acute: the gay beach in Chicago where it was taken no longer exists, memorialized today by a 2.5-acre garden in memory of those who lost their lives to AIDS.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
But what about those who prefer to be memorialized on a more cosmic scale?
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 June 2025
To witness greatness and memorialize it with titles.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
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Anita Gosch, Oc Register, 1 June 2025
Decades later, that feeling is more acute: the gay beach in Chicago where it was taken no longer exists, memorialized today by a 2.5-acre garden in memory of those who lost their lives to AIDS.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
But what about those who prefer to be memorialized on a more cosmic scale?
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 June 2025
To witness greatness and memorialize it with titles.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialize
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To commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the 1975 World Series, NESN put together a special retro broadcast for Tuesday’s game between the Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds designed to evoke the look and feel of that era.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
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This article on the wilderness areas along the Buffalo National River is the eighth in a series commemorating the 40th anniversary of the signing of federal legislation to create nine new federal wilderness areas in Arkansas.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
6 July 2025
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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