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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 memorandum
a written communication giving information or directions
the visiting leader received a series of urgent memos from the country's ambassador prior to the summit
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Recent Examples of memo
Other proposals mentioned in the memo, including a hotel and more apartment units, are conceptual, Alpert said.
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Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
Read the memo, which is attributed to Sharma and Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty, in full below.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 June 2026
The View From Republicans The National Republican Senatorial Committee circulated a memo on Wednesday raising alarm that Democrats view Maine as their majority maker and that Platner can still win despite his damage.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 10 June 2026
For the current fiscal year, total police compensation costs were expected to come in $11 million to $14 million over budget, according to an April budget memo.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
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Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
Read the memo, which is attributed to Sharma and Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty, in full below.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 June 2026
The View From Republicans The National Republican Senatorial Committee circulated a memo on Wednesday raising alarm that Democrats view Maine as their majority maker and that Platner can still win despite his damage.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 10 June 2026
For the current fiscal year, total police compensation costs were expected to come in $11 million to $14 million over budget, according to an April budget memo.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memo
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In this letter, PSG claim that Mbappe offered to reduce (by €55m gross) the bonuses due for the 2023-24 season, as long as he was reinstated in the PSG squad.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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This voice and this language, and even these letters, so well ordered, arranged neatly one after the other, ants beaded across the floor, have been lent to Iñe-e, this being the only means available.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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An elk’s bugle is a singular sound, beginning with the high notes of a brass horn and finishing with a low roar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Lee, who relieved fans by hitting his old high notes on night one, sounded even stronger on night two, gleefully tearing into the most challenging corners of their catalog.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2026
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Madigan-Curtis contended that AI breakthroughs are compelling Washington to forge new regulatory frameworks in real time, such as the recent presidential memorandum on AI.—
Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
11 June 2026
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Instead, the National Park Service, which was handling the funds for the Interior Department, signed a memorandum of agreement with America250 in December to transfer $50 million to the group by February 1.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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What to make of this skeevy epistle?—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
21 July 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
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During a search of Boelter's vehicle, authorities recovered five firearms, including semi-automatic, assault-style rifles, a large quantity of ammunition, and several notebooks filled with handwritten notations.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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Her fiddling is a looser, freer, more accessible type of memorialization—less a notation than an invocation, a summoning of her homeland’s spirit.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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But the city said the boil water notice does not impact the cities of Samson Park and River Oaks.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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The political theorist Hélène Landemore has won notice as a champion of direct democracy, which would allow the barriers between center and periphery to give way.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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“Memo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memo. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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