as in reminder
something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event
saved the tassel from her mortarboard as a keepsake of her high school graduation
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Recent Examples of keepsake
Giving your guests a special keepsake to take home is an excellent way to make the event memorable.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Residents’ possessions and keepsakes were tossed in the garbage.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
The post struck a chord with fellow pet owners, many of whom shared their own bittersweet stories of memorial keepsakes gone wrong—or turned meaningful in unexpected ways.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
In-flight opulence includes unlimited caviar, Bulgari amenity kits, and keepsake menus.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2026
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Residents’ possessions and keepsakes were tossed in the garbage.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
The post struck a chord with fellow pet owners, many of whom shared their own bittersweet stories of memorial keepsakes gone wrong—or turned meaningful in unexpected ways.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
In-flight opulence includes unlimited caviar, Bulgari amenity kits, and keepsake menus.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for keepsake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keepsake
Noun
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Krasner was also the third woman ever to receive a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, after Georgia O’Keefe in the 1940s and Louise Bourgeois in the 1980s—a reminder that institutional recognition has long outpaced market confidence.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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And each served as a reminder that even in times of despair, our nation is still turning out good people, humble people, talented people, people determined to move the world forward through hard work, compassion and teamwork.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in locating a statue stolen from the memorial of a deputy who died in a gunfight with Christopher Dorner in 2013.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Later that night, Cloud went out with his friend Daniel Aguilera to spray paint a memorial for another friend who had died from a fentanyl overdose six years ago.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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So Mom clears them out, taking them to a nearby nature preserve and natural-history museum, where the sharp-eyed Sasha notices the teen-age Jeremy stealing a souvenir keychain from a rotating rack.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Shop For Unique Gifts Shop the length of Mason Avenue for unique souvenirs.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Keepsake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keepsake. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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