memorize
verb
mem·o·rize
ˈme-mə-ˌrīz 
memorized; memorizing
: to commit to memory : learn by heart
memorizer
noun
Examples of memorize in a Sentence
an actress memorizing her lines
everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class
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In a memory sport called the 5 Minute Binary, players try to memorize a long string of 1s and 0s.
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Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Ideally, the problem is unique so the model hasn't simply memorized the solution from its training data.
—Lukas Petersson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Competing in Granada, Spain, in November, Richards triumphed in his first-ever Spanish Scrabble tournament, losing just one game out of 24.
Richards, who holds five English-language world titles, spent a year memorizing the Spanish Scrabble word list to prepare.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Estelle Getty started suffering from Lewy body dementia during the show and struggled to memorize scripts.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Ideally, the problem is unique so the model hasn't simply memorized the solution from its training data.
—Lukas Petersson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Competing in Granada, Spain, in November, Richards triumphed in his first-ever Spanish Scrabble tournament, losing just one game out of 24.
Richards, who holds five English-language world titles, spent a year memorizing the Spanish Scrabble word list to prepare.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Estelle Getty started suffering from Lewy body dementia during the show and struggled to memorize scripts.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Memorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memorize. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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