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or memoranda
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as in notices
a written communication giving information or directions
I'm waiting for the memorandum that will explain the new vacation policy
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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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Recent Examples of memorandums
No formal deal exists yet, and Fortune noted there may not even be signed memoranda.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
There are dozens of these interview memorandums.
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Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
2 Jan. 2026
The team pored over 7,000 pages of internal memoranda, technical reports, oral histories, and unpublished documents.
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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.
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Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
28 Nov. 2025
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
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The forms require immigrants to respond to allegations contained in their notices to appear, the charging documents used by DHS to initiate removal proceedings.
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That’s why federal notices of funding opportunities are typically open for 60 days, per HHS policy.
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Note that this was long before the split of V and U into two separate letters, hence some modern disagreement over their offspring’s name.
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The Sacramento Bee requested the lobbyist position letters for the first two iterations of the climate bill.
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In an interview included in press notes for the film, the filmmaker explained the origins of the project.
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Nvidia sold $25 billion of senior unsecured notes on June 15, its first bond sale since 2021, across maturities stretching to 2056.
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In fact, two of the loudest champions of the return-to-office movement, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, are temporarily allowing employees to request remote work on match days during the 2026 tournament, according to internal memos seen by the Financial Times.
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Outside of the recording booth, Hale relishes the opportunity to send voice memos from his alter ego.
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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.
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While hunkered down in the trenches of World War I, a Greek scholar translated some of Paul’s epistles.
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Bearing extensive handwritten notations and edits by the authors, it is estimated to sell for between $1 and $2 million.
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Do notations always converge like this on something dominant?
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The attorneys general challenged several of its directives, including a provision that required state and local officials to collect proof of citizenship from vote-by-mail applicants.
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Following two landmark rulings from the state’s high court affirming the new maps, as well as directives from Missouri’s secretary of state and attorney general, local election boards, including the KCEB, prepared August ballots to account for the changes to voters’ districts.
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Representatives of the Mexican consulate in New York did not return messages seeking comment.
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Slack messages appear during dinner.
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“Memorandums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorandums. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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