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memorize

[mem-uh-rahyz] / ˈmɛm əˌraɪz /


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“The Nordschleife allows you to string together corners in a way that you don’t memorize them so well, like you do on a normal test track in a shorter space,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Well, you don’t have that much time to memorize that stuff because you get the script and I’m learning 50 pages of dialogue every eight or 10 days.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

A simple place to start would be to memorize the best two-word speech to never appear in a major motion picture: Do better.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Under the current system, catchers and pitchers are expected to memorize those numbers and then recall them perfectly in the heat of competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

I memorize the collector’s name and put the papers back where I found them.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

Below, the actor from Arkansas, 70, talks about being a mouthpiece for Sheridan, smoking on the job and how his dyslexia and obsessive compulsive disorder influence the way he memorizes lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

No actor memorizes the whole screenplay before you start, but Aria did.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023

Sure, Sam helps her mom set up a puja and memorizes a few Hindu prayers in preparation for defeating the Pishacha.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2023

Later, as a student in Oxford, Jeanie memorizes a line from Flannery O’Connor: “Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022

She reads the first half of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea so many times, she practically memorizes it.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

But AI wasn’t allowed for quizzes or exams testing memorized subjects, said the 22-year-old, who majored in business computer information systems.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

It was exciting because I’ve never — to get on set and to be able to say, like, “We can do the first 25 pages just because we’ve already memorized it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

This refers to the ability to apply learned skills beyond the exact situations encountered during training, using general rules rather than memorized examples.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026

Usually the kids from one grade recite a poem they’ve memorized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

I flipped over and stuck my finger on the verse that I had memorized gleefully.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

OK cool, but I’m not memorizing a dozen names.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026

The researchers compared this to a student who scores well by memorizing test formats without actually understanding the material.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2026

Deeper analysis showed ravens were in fact revisiting spots where wolves commonly took down prey -- animals like deer, elk or bison -- suggesting the birds were creating and memorizing a "resource landscape."

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

While kids in regular public schools put in their numbing hours, students in spreading networks of classical charters get meaty reading assignments—myths, fairy tales, great books—while also memorizing sonnets and elements of America’s founding documents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Job duties include reading, remembering encyclopedias, novels, and poetry; and memorizing the first ninety-nine digits of pi.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green




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