mementos

variants or mementoes
plural of memento
as in reminders
something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event kept a seashell as a memento of their first meeting, which happened to be at the beach

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Recent Examples of mementos The makeup artist recently shared some mementos from working with the actress, 51. Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 The T-shirts are coveted mementos of the big day, and longtime participants often have collections of T-shirts from races past. AJC.com, 30 June 2026 Remember that these items might be standing in the way of allowing other special mementos to truly shine. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 June 2026 In the wake of that display, mementoes were also placed by an Antetokounmpo mural in Milwaukee. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026 For those who loved her, Princess Diana’s jewels have become precious mementos. Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026 Afterward, Holmes was given the game ball, which will join two state medals and two championship rings as treasured mementos of a special time in his life. Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 Colleen keeps a curio cabinet full of mementos of a baby loved in her all too short life and beyond. Edie Kasten, CBS News, 6 June 2026 Along with recordings, researchers returned with family Bibles, good china, and valuable mementos, including a porcelain pin box given to a Black seamstress by First Lady Edith Wilson. Camille Borders, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
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Noun
  • Like many public events in wartime Ukraine, the festival blended ordinary leisure with reminders that the war is never far away.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • There were other reminders as well, some less subtle than others, of the true purpose of Congress.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Antique vendors line the square with objects that feel less like souvenirs and more like pieces from someone’s old apartment, old bar, or old life.
    Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Snapchat mastermind and man who gets a lot of money to play soccer, Erling Haaland, is out of the World Cup and headed back to Norway, but not without some souvenirs.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • The ride traverses nearly 1,000 miles across Indiana over 13 days, stopping in communities to meet with survivors, those who have lost loved ones in the line of duty, and visit memorials and gravesites.
    Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2026
  • But designs for new memorials near Washington's National Mall are not meant to be dictated by only a few people, and the quick review process the arch has undergone has defied centuries of planning precedent and broken laws, some historians say.
    Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 July 2026

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