memorandums

variants or memoranda
plural of memorandum
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as in letters
a message on paper from one person or group to another the studio executives depend on endless memoranda to keep track of what's going on at a movie shot on location

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as in notes
a usually brief written reminder dispatched a memorandum to her secretary about the assignment

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Recent Examples of memorandums No formal deal exists yet, and Fortune noted there may not even be signed memoranda. Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 The visit, led by officials tied to the White House’s energy policy apparatus, is expected to produce memorandums of understanding covering oil and key minerals such as gold, aluminum and possibly coal. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026 As the justices’ memoranda illustrate, West Virginia, North Dakota and several energy companies sued the Obama administration over its Clean Power Plan and sought to block the new, transformative regulation from going into effect. Wayne Unger, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026 The city has signed memorandums of understanding with other law enforcement entities in accordance with California laws to share information, Cortez said. Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026 Sheriff's offices in Laurel, McCracken and Pendleton counties, along with police departments in Hickman, Falmouth and Winchester signed memorandums of agreement with ICE in the first month of the year. Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Feb. 2026 There are dozens of these interview memorandums. Stephen Fowler, NPR, 2 Jan. 2026 The team pored over 7,000 pages of internal memoranda, technical reports, oral histories, and unpublished documents. Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025 But like parts of memorandums past, these elements may morph into something more practical, or disappear entirely, in the months after any deal is signed. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorandums
Noun
  • Despite almost being cast in a film inspired by the biggest pop star on the planet at the time, Deschanel was still a relative newcomer, having received her best notices for her 2000 turn in Almost Famous.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 July 2026
  • The revelation suggests that some of the department’s recent, urgent notices to borrowers instructing them to change repayment plans quickly may have been overblown.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • New Justice Department letters and FEMA grant conditions demand citizenship checks, paper ballots and audits, prompting urgent logistical questions for election officials and raising fears of federal overreach into traditionally state-run voting.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • In them, Contra Costa officials were ordered to turn over eight years of emails, calendars and notes for various officials, including Kramer, Robb, and three other employees of the assessor’s office.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • The shop will sell items featuring her artwork, such as scripture cards, needlepoint kits, notes, candles and paper goods.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • After one of the memos was leaked, prompting outrage, the justification was eventually withdrawn.
    Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • That conversation produced the kind of alignment that doesn’t come from memos or mission statements.
    John Speranza, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • The main theme of the letters over time emphasizes long-term value creation, but the epistles have drawn criticism from the political left and right.
    byDebbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2026
  • While hunkered down in the trenches of World War I, a Greek scholar translated some of Paul’s epistles.
    Robin Hoagland, Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2025
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  • Bearing extensive handwritten notations and edits by the authors, it is estimated to sell for between $1 and $2 million.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026
  • Do notations always converge like this on something dominant?
    John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There are moves in Congressto extend that life to 2032, however, as well as directives for NASA to support through missions to commercial space station replacements through 2040.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2026
  • Bozeman doesn’t believe in looking at headcount as a measure of performance or issuing directives to cut 10% of staff or budgets.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • The pair exchanged messages the day of the shooting, arranging to meet.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
  • In subsequent messages included in charging documents, Robinson referenced engraving bullets and leaving his rifle wrapped in a towel.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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