memorialize
verb
me·mo·ri·al·ize
mə-ˈmȯr-ē-ə-ˌlīz 
memorialized; memorializing
1
: to address or petition by a memorial
2
a
: to serve as a memorial of : commemorate
a statue memorializing the event
b
: to do or create something that causes people to remember (a person, thing, or event)
a period in history that has been memorialized in countless films
Examples of memorialize in a Sentence
an exciting period in history that has been memorialized in many popular books and movies
at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott
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Today, the soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq War are still memorialized in town and city squares across the country.
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Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
When a movie is scrapped in the development stage — as countless have been — it’s usually memorialized by an intern sending a script through the shredder.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Those prehistoric creatures who met their end around 65 million years ago are currently being memorialized online by dino-heads who mourn their mass extinction.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
Lisa Reinertson, the artist behind the monument, said Sacramento must weigh carefully its next steps while preserving the history of farmworkers memorialized in her work.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
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Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
When a movie is scrapped in the development stage — as countless have been — it’s usually memorialized by an intern sending a script through the shredder.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Those prehistoric creatures who met their end around 65 million years ago are currently being memorialized online by dino-heads who mourn their mass extinction.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
Lisa Reinertson, the artist behind the monument, said Sacramento must weigh carefully its next steps while preserving the history of farmworkers memorialized in her work.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memorialize. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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