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

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

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

In interviews and more than a dozen books, Mr. Lorayne shared examples of mnemonics at work.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023

Before exams, he would fill a little book with colorful diagrams and mnemonics.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2015

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