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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The recent news of David Lynch’s death rocked the film community, leaving many of his devoted fans flocking to Bob’s Big Boy diner in the Burbank neighborhood of Los Angeles to memorialize the director of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, and more works.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
Johnson made the announcement on Transgender Day of Remembrance, recognized each year to memorialize trans people who died because of anti-trans violence.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
The family also launched a celebration of life page on the platform to memorialize the late musician.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Garth Hudson, the keyboardist, sax player and archivist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band whose farewell show with the group was memorialized in Martin Scorsese’s landmark documentary The Last Waltz, died Tuesday in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock, NY.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
Johnson made the announcement on Transgender Day of Remembrance, recognized each year to memorialize trans people who died because of anti-trans violence.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
The family also launched a celebration of life page on the platform to memorialize the late musician.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Garth Hudson, the keyboardist, sax player and archivist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band whose farewell show with the group was memorialized in Martin Scorsese’s landmark documentary The Last Waltz, died Tuesday in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock, NY.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialize. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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