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
The notebook, Rebecca says, will be a permanent keepsake.
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Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
Parents frame their baby’s footprints to hang on the wall or tuck into keepsake boxes.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 18 May 2026
Now, the handmade teddy bear has become a sentimental keepsake for the growing family, marking the beginning of a new chapter — especially after their daughter, Avery, arrived prematurely and faced a long stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Photographer David Wright, whose work has been featured by National Geographic, will also be on board to capture keepsake images for guests.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for keepsake
Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
Parents frame their baby’s footprints to hang on the wall or tuck into keepsake boxes.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 18 May 2026
Now, the handmade teddy bear has become a sentimental keepsake for the growing family, marking the beginning of a new chapter — especially after their daughter, Avery, arrived prematurely and faced a long stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Photographer David Wright, whose work has been featured by National Geographic, will also be on board to capture keepsake images for guests.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for keepsake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keepsake
Noun
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The near-disaster in Garden Grove serves as a reminder of the widespread but overlooked industrial risks embedded in Southern California neighborhoods.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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The film begins with soldiers lying dead on a seashore, near bloody waters — a reminder of the catastrophic rehearsal for D-Day called Exercise Tiger, which resulted in hundreds of deaths of American servicemen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Howard University historian Edna Greene Medford sees the memorial as a stage for America's changing ideas of freedom.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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Yet for an artist who spent a lifetime insisting that viewers become active participants rather than passive spectators, the exhibition arrives not simply as a memorial, but as a reminder of how much Le Parc influenced contemporary art.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
30 May 2026
Noun
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As more travelers ditch tourist traps in favor of authentic experiences, craft markets have become one of the most rewarding ways to see the real side of a destination — and bring home a souvenir that actually means something.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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GetYourGuide’s data showing a 66% jump in workshop bookings between summer 2024 and summer 2025 is the clearest sign yet that the souvenir economy is being reshaped from the demand side.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
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“Keepsake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keepsake. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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