Thesaurus results for MEMENTOES

mementos

noun

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 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 While tossing old mementos into a fireplace, Long catches on fire in a wild slapstick sequence. —

Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026 From there, the last leg was an exercise in selfies and group photos in an attempt to capture what the trip had meant to us through visual mementos. —

Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 May 2026 Pregnancy mementos take myriad forms. —

Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026 Before bed, Agnes adds Garth’s cigarette stub to her grab bag of mementos. —

Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026 Over a lifetime, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected business cards—mementos of brief exchanges with strangers—and selects seven to uncover why these moments have lingered so vividly in her memory. —

Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026 Along with exhibits of skeletons, mummies, and Revolutionary War mementos, the museum included an entire floor of dioramas and panoramic paintings. —

Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

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Noun

After his death, Capo moved back to her native Puerto Rico, hoping to escape the constant reminders in Orlando that her son was gone.

— Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2026
Experts recommend planning regular meal times, setting reminders as needed, eating smaller and more frequent meals, and keeping a nutritious snack on hand for busy days.

— Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 11 June 2026