MEMORIALIZED Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

memorialized

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past tense of memorialize

as in commemorated

to be a memorial of at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott

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Recent Examples of memorialized This past February, the Chicago Park District announced that Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini would be memorialized in a new monument in Arrigo Park, located at Polk and Loomis streets. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026 Among those memorialized were actor Rock Hudson, entertainer Liberace, and lawyer Roy Cohn. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026 Instead, under the current plan, the Red Rest cottage would be memorialized with a plaque. — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 The band notably played Knebworth Park in 1996 as part of Knebworth Festival, a set that was memorialized in Jake Scott’s 2021 documentary. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026 Though Reiner was memorialized at the Oscars earlier this year, there’s a nice bit of closure to his Emmys win that pays tribute to the medium that started it all for him more than 50 years ago. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 The new Chicago staging follows a successful United Kingdom tour in 2024, directed by Michael Buffong, whom Epps said had discovered the show while sitting in New York’s Lincoln Center library, where Broadway musicals are memorialized. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 The tragic day, etched into the minds of many Americans, has since been memorialized in classroom textbooks, anniversary broadcasts, museums and the stories told by survivors. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 In 2020, the family memorialized Robinette's grandparents, Jim and Bethel, who had just died. — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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Former President Joe Biden officially commemorated Indigenous Peoples Day in 2021.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Her victory is commemorated during Vijayadashami, the 10th and final day of the Durga Puja festival.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

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