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 Once emptied, many hold on to the champagne bottle as a keepsake from their victory, meaning it must be carefully transported from the podium. Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025 The Kardashians matriarch uploaded a picture of a wooden box etched with As ever's logo and crest, which appeared to contain the three herbal teas, flower sprinkles, crepe mix, shortbread cookies and raspberry jam in keepsake packaging from the inaugural brand launch. Janine Henni, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025 In the aftermath, Sheriff Baker reportedly bent over the gangster’s body, lifted the eyepatch and retrieved a keepsake: John Ashley’s glass eye. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025 Family keepsakes include a jeweled sword from Saudi Arabia, dresses worn by Michelle Obama at inaugural ceremonies and a baseball signed by the 2010 San Francisco Giants. Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for keepsake
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Noun
  • Keaton’s death was a reminder that not all the cases involved jails that outsourced medical care to private companies.
    Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • After the portrait Öztürk paints of ICE detention, her statement turns back to her old life, a reminder of how abruptly her world has shifted.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates are reversing course on the removal of a Roberto Clemente memorial after the family of the late Major League Baseball legend slammed the team in an open letter over the weekend.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • In Kryvyi Rih on Monday, an air raid alert interrupted a planned memorial — a reminder of the continuing threat for civilians.
    Yehor Konovalov and Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Purchases of food, drink, lanterns to launch on the lake and souvenirs require Wildbucks, scrip that can be bought on the grounds.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The beautiful bookshop boasts fiction and contemporary non-fiction but its speciality is really in higher-end fine art books (that would make for great Parisian souvenirs).
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025

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“Keepsake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keepsake. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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