memorialize
verb (used with object)
to commemorate.
memorialization
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a word derived from
memorialize.
Example Sentences
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“Through those conversations, I began to reflect on how their experiences—and mine—could have been improved, and how memorialization might feel more meaningful,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
A 1954 presidential proclamation from Dwight Eisenhower created the standard 30-day period of public memorialization on all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels after the passing of a president.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2025
Facebook and Instagram allow users to request an account be deactivated, or a memorialization of the account.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2023
Not only does the ship’s discovery erase the need to call it myth, it makes slavery’s reality worth confronting anew as a topic of clarity, memorialization and reparations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
Within a year the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Geographic Society, the Appalachian Mountain Club, and the Sierra Club joined in the memorialization of Congress.
From The Book of the National Parks by Robert Sterling Yard
