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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
The Folsom Fire Department proposed reassigning firefighters away from serving a critical fire station as questions swirl over potential cuts to city departments amid a multimillion dollar budget deficit, according to internal memos.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The State Department did not immediately respond to questions about the memo's release.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Special envoy Richard Grenell was listed as a subject in the memo, which detailed in-depth conversations with his counterparts overseas, according to The New York Times.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
The memo comes from a group with close ties to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, according to Punchbowl, potentially showing weaknesses or a lack of GOP confidence in Brown as a candidate.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The State Department did not immediately respond to questions about the memo's release.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Special envoy Richard Grenell was listed as a subject in the memo, which detailed in-depth conversations with his counterparts overseas, according to The New York Times.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
The memo comes from a group with close ties to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, according to Punchbowl, potentially showing weaknesses or a lack of GOP confidence in Brown as a candidate.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memo
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Boelter’s motivation remains unclear, but investigators found a one-and-a-half-page letter, described as rambling and difficult to read, that was ascribed to him.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The president’s letter raised allegations made by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte that Cook had committed mortgage fraud by claiming two properties as her primary residence.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Be suspicious of urgent messages One of the most alarming details in the Anthropic report was how the hacker used AI to craft convincing extortion notes.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Among the suggestions was a handwritten note from David Murdoch, a Canadian pastor who had moved to the city.—
Beth Lew-Williams,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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The precise role of tax compliance is not spelled out in the memorandum, but its significance cannot be overstated.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The memorandum outlines plans to evaluate integration pathways, conduct joint feasibility assessments, and engage with classification societies and regulators to prepare for deployment.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 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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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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The film begins with a notation that Short illegally recorded one performance of the show by attaching two microphones to a chain link fence that served as Godspell’s spare backdrop.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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This is illustrated below in Figures 2–4, which have the key U.S. indices weekly charts with notations of recent breaks into all-time highs coming off the early-2025 sharp correction (or bear market).—
Randy Watts,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The notice posted on the website does make clear that there is currently a review about content underway.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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New York mandates such notice, yet fluoridation in Buffalo lapsed for years before it was widely known.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Memo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memo. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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