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Memorizing your lines seems like such a foundational part of an actor’s job that there wouldn’t be much to say about it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Memorizing these angles will be very useful as we study the properties associated with angles.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Memorizing prices ahead of time—even if you had a hunch you might have a shot at that Honda—has less value than you think.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2013

Memorizing Maggie’s long monologues in Act I, for instance, so unnerved Ms. Johansson that she asked friends for advice and snapped occasionally when they tried to be positive.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2012

Memorizing the formulas was the one thing I totally could have done if only I’d paid attention.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass