memorize
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“I was scared I was going to be taken away without my family even knowing. I had to memorize two phone numbers in case they did take me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
My father’s sight was so bad that he had to look at the music about 2 inches away, memorize one or two phrases and then practice what he memorized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
And because the storyline called for employees who already knew one another, actors had to memorize years of shared backstory in case Norman asked about their history.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
To support that goal, the researchers have released some questions publicly while keeping the majority hidden so that AI models cannot simply memorize the answers.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
On the whole, they preferred systems that were simple to memorize.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Although many friends love Wordle and crossword puzzles, Viorst memorizes poems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Because of the large number of parameters in machine learning models, there is a potential that the machine learning method memorizes some data it was trained on.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2024
No actor memorizes the whole screenplay before you start, but Aria did.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
“He’s so good, and he’s got a good brain that he memorizes them all,” said Wade Jr., 27, adding later, “If we’re making him work, it’s because we’re scoring runs and I’m all for it.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
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
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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
I’ve memorized the order of 20 shuffled decks of cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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
June, for a bat mitzvah scene you memorized a complicated Torah portion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
It was of no help that she had memorized a few street names.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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
Too often, civics is reduced to memorizing the mechanics of government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
“For memorizing all the great speeches of history is of little value if one cannot find words to speak the truth of one’s own heart.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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