mnemonic
Example Sentences
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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
Safe sleep practices can be summed up in an easy mnemonic: Parents only need to remember ABC: alone, back, crib, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023
There are lots of other mnemonic devices, too.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
Vocabulary lists containing mnemonic
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