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
In the fall of 2023, Johnson and NASCAR also memorialized an additional $2 million payment for 2024 and 2025.
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Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Before it was memorialized in bronze, that airborne tableau outside TD Garden was frozen in time by Boston Record-American photographer Ray Lussier.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Sure, the vast majority of his vast catalog won't be memorialized in the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, but that doesn't diminish Madsen's fierce work ethic and inimitable onscreen presence, which crackled with cool menace.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 July 2025
On Monday, she was memorialized in a bipartisan tribute by members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation, before a moment of silence.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
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Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Before it was memorialized in bronze, that airborne tableau outside TD Garden was frozen in time by Boston Record-American photographer Ray Lussier.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Sure, the vast majority of his vast catalog won't be memorialized in the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, but that doesn't diminish Madsen's fierce work ethic and inimitable onscreen presence, which crackled with cool menace.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 July 2025
On Monday, she was memorialized in a bipartisan tribute by members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation, before a moment of silence.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialize
commemorate
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On July 19, the sovereign prince of Monaco, 67, stepped out at the Place du Palais for a community celebration commemorating the 20th anniversary of his royal reign.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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Mentions of trans people were removed from the National Park Service website about the National Monument at Stonewall, commemorating the start of the modern LGBTQ+ civil rights movement, an effort initially led in part by trans people.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
21 July 2025
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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