mnemonic
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The military teaches that the best way to do that involves another mnemonic, where each letter in the word “survival” refers to a set of actions designed to save the person’s life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
For the uninitiated, this saying is a mnemonic device that helps Seattleites remember the names and order of the city’s streets.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023
Lists are a mnemonic device, and the list I’m offering in this video discussion of the best films I’ve seen so far this year is, above all, a way of rescuing these films from oblivion.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2023
The first group uses architecture as a mnemonic device to recall histories and traditional design practices; the second as a vehicle — a time-traveling spaceship — for a kind of joyous science fiction.
From New York Times • May 22, 2023
Each name elicited a tick on a list and a brief mnemonic stare from the teacher.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing mnemonic
Grade 10, List 1
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National Spelling Bee '14: Prelims Round 2
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