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as in notice
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 letter
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 memorandum
Investigators were tasked with reviewing specific policy documents signed using the autopen, including clemency grants, executive orders, memoranda, and other presidential directives.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
This is similar to the memorandums of understanding (MOUs) that were hatched between internet companies at the Dotcom bubble top.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Combs' defense team submitted a sentencing memorandum that includes several dozen letters of support, including ones written by members of his family.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Li, president of NCSIST, added that the institute will sign two contracts and four memorandums of understanding with six US and Canadian companies during the three-day defense trade show.
—Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
This is similar to the memorandums of understanding (MOUs) that were hatched between internet companies at the Dotcom bubble top.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Combs' defense team submitted a sentencing memorandum that includes several dozen letters of support, including ones written by members of his family.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Li, president of NCSIST, added that the institute will sign two contracts and four memorandums of understanding with six US and Canadian companies during the three-day defense trade show.
—Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorandum
Noun
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On September 20, the agency sent a formal notice of disallowance, which was released by Kobach.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The $225 notice of violation was then mailed to the driver.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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Printing on both sides of a tabloid-size (11-by-17-inch) page, for example, takes four times as much ink or toner as printing on one side of a letter-size page.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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The company received a letter of noncompliance, but no citation or fine.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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The setting doesn’t affect suspension performance or exhaust note noticeably.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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The note also mentioned a 2013 Frontline documentary on the topic of CTE and referenced former NFL players who suffered from the disease.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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That's not to say everyone gets the memo.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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In March, a Veterans Affairs memo announced plans to reduce the workforce by more than 80,000 workers.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 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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Sworn declarations by detainees filed in federal court and obtained by the Herald on condition of anonymity allege negligent medical care and crumbling infrastructure at GEO’s facility in Karnes, Texas.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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Last year, the UN declared a famine in western Sudan, the first such declaration anywhere in years.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Health-care directives, heirlooms, their house deed, a festive Thai princess ring—all pristine.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Industry will fight back–CEOs have been remarkably tepid in response to various White House moves, from tariffs to directives on how to run their businesses.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Memorandum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorandum. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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