plural memos
: a usually brief written message or report : memorandum
Use headlines, bullets, and lists to organize the memo and the proposal.—
Inc. Magazine
Inc. MagazineWhen your boss asks you to find a memo you wrote a year ago, it's hard to remember what you named it.—Susan Kelley
Susan Kelleysee also get the memo
Examples of memo in a Sentence
He sent a memo to the staff.
a long series of memos between the two authors collaborating on the book
Recent Examples on the Web
Among the documents was a memo detailing a conversation between then-Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Saito on July 13, 1937.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
The Calibri font is going the way of the typewriter at the State Department after Secretary of State Marco Rubio inked a memo mandating that the agency use only Times New Roman for official communications – and size 14 to boot, according to a department official.
—Mariam Khan, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2025
Policy memos have emphasized that the priority for refugees is admitting those who can easily assimilate into the country, with the target demographic being white Afrikaners from South Africa.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
The suspension of the magazines are a result of the university citing a July 2025 memo from the United States Attorney General Pam Bondi stating that educational institutions that receive federal funds are restricted from practicing discrimination.
—Tevon Blair, Essence, 10 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for memo
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
The Calibri font is going the way of the typewriter at the State Department after Secretary of State Marco Rubio inked a memo mandating that the agency use only Times New Roman for official communications – and size 14 to boot, according to a department official.
—Mariam Khan, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2025
Policy memos have emphasized that the priority for refugees is admitting those who can easily assimilate into the country, with the target demographic being white Afrikaners from South Africa.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
The suspension of the magazines are a result of the university citing a July 2025 memo from the United States Attorney General Pam Bondi stating that educational institutions that receive federal funds are restricted from practicing discrimination.
—Tevon Blair, Essence, 10 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for memo
Cite this Entry
“Memo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memo. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share