as in to learn
to commit to memory
everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class
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Jobs had to memorize an exact sequence of touches and swipes for the demo or the phone would have crashed.
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Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
The White House national security adviser is a most serious person and, by most accounts, always has been—a Minnesota kid who had memorized world capitals before the age of 14 and, by 35, had traveled to 112 of those countries as then secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s close adviser.
—Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
After fleeing away from hospital but being unable to memorize lines, he gets fired from his work as minor roles at TV series and then at a municipality theater.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
The more difficult your task — for instance, memorizing material, problem-solving, or learning something new.
—Jillian Hubertz, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2024
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Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
The White House national security adviser is a most serious person and, by most accounts, always has been—a Minnesota kid who had memorized world capitals before the age of 14 and, by 35, had traveled to 112 of those countries as then secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s close adviser.
—Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
After fleeing away from hospital but being unable to memorize lines, he gets fired from his work as minor roles at TV series and then at a municipality theater.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
The more difficult your task — for instance, memorizing material, problem-solving, or learning something new.
—Jillian Hubertz, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2024
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