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memorialize

[muh-mawr-ee-uh-lahyz, -mohr-] / məˈmɔr i əˌlaɪz, -ˈmoʊr- /


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“We Are Charlie Kirk,” an A.I. song originally meant to memorialize him, was immediately reappropriated as a joke.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

Biddy Mason was previously honored in 1989, when a mini-park off Spring and 3rd streets was built to memorialize her on her original homestead.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Prosecutors portrayed Bolton as driven by his eagerness to memorialize his day-to-day life in Trump’s first term.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

In most cases, participants only filed “brief” statements about their trips, but otherwise failed to “document or memorialize key takeaways, practical applications, or potential benefits to the Department,” the report said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2026

Thought they'd be tripping over themselves to memorialize one of their own.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

An FBI document memorializes a 2006 conversation in which Mr. Trump phoned the Palm Beach, Fla., police chief to say he knew about Epstein’s and Ms. Maxwell’s behavior and thought it vile.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

And near Marsden Wharf, a sidewalk mosaic memorializes the ship and Fernando Pereira.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2025

But it is her devotion to the craft that the special lovingly memorializes.

From Salon May 14, 2025

On the one hand, it memorializes an origin of Bachardy’s intense commitment to portraiture as an artistic genre.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2025

Barlow, Joel, N. W.'s classmate, 4; a classic author, 48; memorializes Congress on copyright laws, 50; his poetry lightly esteemed by N. W., 281.

From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Horace E. Scudder

Moncks Corner Mayor Thomas Hamilton Jr. also memorialized the Lowcountry singer, writing on Facebook that his family was “heartbroken” to hear about the accident.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2026

As I recently wrote, he is only concerned with how he will be memorialized.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2026

The most practical solution: Community property with right of survivorship or, as a halfway point, a clearly drafted life-estate agreement, ideally memorialized in a postnuptial agreement to fend off any disgruntled stepchildren.

From MarketWatch Feb. 12, 2026

Before 2008, he recalls, a clinician’s work was memorialized on paper: scribbled notes, doctor’s orders and thick charts parked at the nursing station.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 8, 2026

Arriving to watch them play, Howard was delighted to see that the jockeys had memorialized his generosity by ordering their uniforms in Howard red and white, with the Howard signature triangle on them.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Throughout his time here, he painted whenever he could, memorializing the lakes, forests and mountains that surrounded him.

From Salon May 2, 2026

A team from Georgetown University is investigating their deaths at the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, a segregated juvenile detention facility in Cheltenham, Maryland, and memorializing them.

From Barron's Feb. 27, 2026

It’s made them a sight worth memorializing for some.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 1, 2026

Kirk’s death is now a meme, with A.I. parody songs memorializing his legacy and his face plastered onto figures like Shrek.

From Slate Dec. 28, 2025

Oppenheimer, writing for the group, dispatched to Washington a dispirited one-page memo on June 16 memorializing their conclusion.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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