memorialize
verb (used with object)
to commemorate.
memorialized
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past participleof memorialize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof memorialize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
memorializeverb (used with object)to commemorate.
Example Sentences
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As I recently wrote, he is only concerned with how he will be memorialized.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
Lichtenberg’s approach to journalism is a far cry from the dogged, shoe-leather reporting memorialized in movies like “Spotlight,” about the Catholic church’s child-abuse scandal, or “All the President’s Men,” about the Watergate scandal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
“I look forward to seeing this memorialized in the appropriate way as part of San Fernando Valley television history,” Councilmember Adin Nazarian said during the Planning meeting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
The most practical solution: Community property with right of survivorship or, as a halfway point, a clearly drafted life-estate agreement, ideally memorialized in a postnuptial agreement to fend off any disgruntled stepchildren.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
He had been forgotten by so many people, but he deserved to be memorialized too.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
