as in commemorated
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 memorialized
These are framed by an animation of silhouetted figures gathering around the statue in protest, lassoing it with a rope, and then pulling it down—a reenactment of a moment memorialized in a painting by Johannes Oertel that is also on view nearby.
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Cat Dawson,
ARTnews.com,
3 July 2026
His name will also be memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
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Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
The conflict itself over how to represent slavery, Johnson argued, should eventually be memorialized too.
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Danny Freeman,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Perhaps because his time in Kansas City was so brief, though, Delaney for a long time wasn’t memorialized visibly here.
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Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
Tafari Campbell, the White House sous chef who died of accidental drowning while paddle boarding near the Obamas' Martha's Vineyard home in 2023, is memorialized at the OPC with Tafari's Kitchen, the restaurant on campus.
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Kyler Alvord,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
The movement that began on Chicago's South Side will now be permanently memorialized there.
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Chris Tye,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Momentum on the petition comes as the Obamas' legacy in Chicago is being memorialized at the Obama Presidential Center, opening June 19.
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Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Each of those who were taken on June 12 is memorialized in name on the walkway’s columns, paired with country of origin flags.
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R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Cat Dawson,
ARTnews.com,
3 July 2026
His name will also be memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
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Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
The conflict itself over how to represent slavery, Johnson argued, should eventually be memorialized too.
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Danny Freeman,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Perhaps because his time in Kansas City was so brief, though, Delaney for a long time wasn’t memorialized visibly here.
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Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
Tafari Campbell, the White House sous chef who died of accidental drowning while paddle boarding near the Obamas' Martha's Vineyard home in 2023, is memorialized at the OPC with Tafari's Kitchen, the restaurant on campus.
—
Kyler Alvord,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
The movement that began on Chicago's South Side will now be permanently memorialized there.
—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Momentum on the petition comes as the Obamas' legacy in Chicago is being memorialized at the Obama Presidential Center, opening June 19.
—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Each of those who were taken on June 12 is memorialized in name on the walkway’s columns, paired with country of origin flags.
—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialized
commemorated
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This one has been commemorated by a gladiatorial contest on the White House grounds and by an, apparently coming up, a long speech by the president of the day.
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On Saturday, the 250th anniversary of the event was commemorated on Pershing Square at the Presidio of San Francisco in a two-hour ceremony.
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“Memorialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialized. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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