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as in letter
a message on paper from one person or group to another a long series of memos between the two authors collaborating on the book

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as in note
a usually brief written reminder wrote a memo to herself about the upcoming meeting

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Recent Examples of memo Hooker’s attorneys are scheduled to file a memo of their own later Monday. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025 The company told employees in a memo distributed on Tuesday. Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 26 June 2025 Read the memo from Mills: Dear Team, As Paramount’s co-CEOs recently shared, the company is taking further steps to streamline Paramount to ensure it is positioned for continued success. Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 June 2025 The original demo was just an acoustic guitar in a voice memo that Tucker Beathard did. Melinda Newman, Billboard, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for memo
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  • Among the signatories of the letters were two Politicians sanctioned by China for their advocacy on the situation of human rights in China and Hong Kong - Lord Alton of Liverpool and Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws LT KC, and the last Governor of Hong Kong - the Rt Hon.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • At the June 27 news conference, Trump said his administration would soon send out letters to U.S. trading partners informing them of their tariff rate.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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  • When 80% of clinical data is unstructured—such as image scans, lab results, doctors’ notes or other formats that need to be interpreted and curated—achieving high levels of accuracy for this data can be challenging.
    Brian Foy, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The stable outlook also factors in Fitch’s expectation of gross debt reduction, including repayment of all 2026 notes at maturity ($7.95 billion).
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 July 2025
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  • School district trauma exposure program The City Council also approved a memorandum of understanding between the Pflugerville school district and the Police Department for participating in the Handle with Care program to assist students who have been exposed to traumatic situations.
    Mason Rouser, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • The memorandum expands on a similar one the president signed during his first term.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
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  • As a proud dad, the 38-year-old wrote his firstborn a sweet epistle to acknowledge his birthday.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 7 Feb. 2025
  • One of the earliest witnesses to the spread of Christianity, the codex features the first epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
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  • Legend has it that the name Mad River came from a notation Josiah Gregg made on a map in the late 1840s.
    Eureka Times-Standard, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
  • But, in truth, the system Argentina played often defied the usual notation.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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  • Most of the hang-up was over the requirement for up to seven days’ notice before officers could break up encampments, which the council reduced to three days before delaying a final vote until June 30.
    Tim Clouser, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
  • The bill also calls for giving impacted employees more notice, and would specifically require the State Department to notify the two committees at least 30 days before altering its Foreign Affairs Manual.
    Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 1 July 2025

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“Memo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memo. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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