mnemonic
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His central metaphor is the memory palace, an ancient Greek mnemonic technique that employs spatial imagination to organize and access information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 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
The most popular teachers drill facts and figures into their students with jokes and mnemonic songs they make up themselves.
From New York Times ● Aug. 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
I bet I’ll be the only person laughing in the classroom since Arthur’s ridiculous but super-helpful mnemonic devices will lead me to victory.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Cognitive science shows that mnemonics help memory, distinctive voice draws attention and a sense of joy strengthens retention.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025
He told The Washington Post that mnemonics and word association have “nothing to do with intelligence, only memory.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023
Actors had to learn move after move in sequence, so Pandolfini developed mnemonics and visual cues to help them.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2020
Rather than constructing a complex system of mnemonics, perhaps it is possible simply to boost the strength of the memory as it is imprinted.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2014
He was one of those language teachers who rely heavily on mnemonics.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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