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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President Reagan had just been elected, consumerism was back in vogue and a new wave of Hollywood films memorialized “a sleek city defined by these noirish neon nights and these bright, intense, colorful days.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
One $10,000 loan, memorialized in a note scribbled in Vietnamese, called for $100 a day in interest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
In Dokoupil’s first months on the job, the show’s gaffes have been memorialized in news reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
By including himself in such company, he believes he should be memorialized in stone.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
Arriving to watch them play, Howard was delighted to see that the jockeys had memorialized his generosity by ordering their uniforms in Howard red and white, with the Howard signature triangle on them.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
