as in commemorates
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 memorializes
Danez Smith memorializes Renee Nicole Good, poet, mother, and neighbor.
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Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
The ever-growing urgency of the climate crisis yields a slow, sensory cinematic experience as Swiss artist Ludwig Berger memorializes the Morteratsch Glacier through recording the sound of it melting.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
The dramatic imagery memorializes the successful sendoff for Starship V2, which now cedes the spotlight to its even bigger successors.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
The ever-growing urgency of the climate crisis yields a slow, sensory cinematic experience as Swiss artist Ludwig Berger memorializes the Morteratsch Glacier through recording the sound of it melting.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
The dramatic imagery memorializes the successful sendoff for Starship V2, which now cedes the spotlight to its even bigger successors.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorializes
commemorates
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Lent will last until Holy Thursday on April 2, 2026, or the Thursday before Easter Sunday, which commemorates the Last Supper.—
Catherine Messier,
The Providence Journal,
11 Feb. 2026
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The display commemorates the 40th anniversary of Graham’s 1986 Amsterdam Conference for Evangelists, which equipped thousands of pastors and evangelists worldwide to share the gospel.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Memorializes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorializes. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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