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
Residents and city officials have debated for years what should be done with the site, and how the man whose killing fueled the Black Lives Matter movement should be memorialized.
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Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Memorializing James Pendergast Democrats and Republicans quickly united around the idea of memorializing Pendergast.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2025
In February 2024, the Chicago Park District memorialized Monty and Rose by renaming a section of the Montrose Dunes Natural Area as the Monty and Rose Wildlife Habitat.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Lifestyle Hauntingly beautiful tintype photos memorialize what was lost in Altadena
April 30, 2025
Tell us about your outfit.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
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Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Memorializing James Pendergast Democrats and Republicans quickly united around the idea of memorializing Pendergast.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2025
In February 2024, the Chicago Park District memorialized Monty and Rose by renaming a section of the Montrose Dunes Natural Area as the Monty and Rose Wildlife Habitat.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Lifestyle Hauntingly beautiful tintype photos memorialize what was lost in Altadena
April 30, 2025
Tell us about your outfit.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialize
commemorate
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None of the main four stars — Blake Lively, America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn — commemorated the event on social media, despite being open about their bond, both on and offscreen, over the years.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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Minerva was erected in 1920—by Charles M. Higgins, an Irish immigrant who manufactured a famous ink—to commemorate the hundred-and-forty-fourth anniversary of the Battle of Long Island.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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