mnemonic

Example Sentences

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The military teaches that the best way to do that involves another mnemonic, where each letter in the word “survival” refers to a set of actions designed to save the person’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

For the uninitiated, this saying is a mnemonic device that helps Seattleites remember the names and order of the city’s streets.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Lists are a mnemonic device, and the list I’m offering in this video discussion of the best films I’ve seen so far this year is, above all, a way of rescuing these films from oblivion.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2023

Gilles improvises; not knowing a lick of Persian, he invents words, eventually using the names of prisoners kept in a logbook as mnemonic devices to develop his fictional tongue.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

As the need for precision grew, they scratched marks on the tokens as mnemonic devices.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann