mnemonic

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

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

The first group uses architecture as a mnemonic device to recall histories and traditional design practices; the second as a vehicle — a time-traveling spaceship — for a kind of joyous science fiction.

From New York Times ● May 22, 2023

Her best friend, Janie, used to even make fun of her for all of her mnemonic devices.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

Decades ago, the company created mnemonics or shortcuts to help users find information on the terminal, such as WEI for world equity indexes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Cognitive science shows that mnemonics help memory, distinctive voice draws attention and a sense of joy strengthens retention.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025

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

Headliner Norm Lewis makes up mnemonics to help him master the patter of the famed flimflam artist at the center of “The Music Man.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2019

Learning notes on a staff certainly seems dull, but coming up with mnemonics for the notes on the staff can actually be fun.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin