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memorization



NOUN
rote
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Her eyes dart up and down in a manner that betrays rote memorization, not scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

Password managers simplify the process, allowing children to create and store complex passwords without memorization.

From Salon Oct. 21, 2024

Cursive “enhances a child’s brain development, including memorization, and improves fine motor skills,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2024

A vast majority of these courses were instituted in public schools as a way to manage kids with differentiated learning modalities outside the confines of test and memorization frameworks adapted from European university traditions.

From Seattle Times Dec. 15, 2023

Long stories and epic tales used music to draw in the audience and to help the reciter’s memorization.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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