mnemonic

Example Sentences

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His central metaphor is the memory palace, an ancient Greek mnemonic technique that employs spatial imagination to organize and access information.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 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

The most popular teachers drill facts and figures into their students with jokes and mnemonic songs they make up themselves.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2023

Safe sleep practices can be summed up in an easy mnemonic: Parents only need to remember ABC: alone, back, crib, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023

It was not the mnemonic devices, as hard to recall as the facts.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen