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memorials

noun

plural of memorial

as in reminders

something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event the Vietnam War Memorial is a starkly beautiful testimonial to the bravery of the soldiers who served in Vietnam

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Recent Examples of memorials That number lumps new deadbot platforms in with much more widely used and established grief tech, like online memorials, counseling resources, and estate planning tools. — Lissa Soep, Vox, 17 Oct. 2026 Upkeep of national memorials should be an automatic government function without expectation of any compensation, monetary or in the form of adding one’s name to the building. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 These memorials often emphasize Catto because of his civil rights and voting rights advocacy. — Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026 When Martinez, who was widely considered an ambassador and pioneer of Garifuna music, died in March 2025, tribute concerts and music memorials abounded. — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026 The day is often marked by protests against memorials to Christopher Columbus, for environmental justice, for the return of Indigenous lands and in honor of missing and murdered Indigenous women. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 The highway running parallel to Gaza, where militants gunned down people trying to flee, is dotted with memorials. — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Jerusalem — Three years to the minute after the start of the deadliest single day in Israel’s history, the country marked the somber occasion with a series of ceremonies, memorials and protests at more than 400 locations. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 This is Erika Kirk’s life now—traveling across the country as her husband’s proxy at Turning Point, speaking at events that double as memorials, where supporters come to grieve with her. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026

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reminders

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Just add more alcohol and more reminders of these couples’ experiential chasm, and Lee’s command of irony in a simmering atmosphere is in a league all its own.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The idea is to let an assistant check connected accounts for tasks such as unpaid invoices and draft reminders without waiting for a prompt, so users spend less time figuring out what to ask for.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

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