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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
The memorandum of agreement is a non-binding letter of intent save for the exclusivity provision.
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Chris Quintana, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Curley issued a memorandum to McCabe, reaffirming his role as the controller and affirming that Nygren’s termination letter held no legal authority or effect.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Third visit back to Albania, maybe a year after that, was for the announcement of a memorandum of understanding between Patagonia and the Albanian government to co-create the Vjosa Wild River National Park.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
In a sentencing memorandum, the government had asked the Bad Boy Records founder be sentenced to 11 years in federal prison.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
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Chris Quintana, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Curley issued a memorandum to McCabe, reaffirming his role as the controller and affirming that Nygren’s termination letter held no legal authority or effect.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Third visit back to Albania, maybe a year after that, was for the announcement of a memorandum of understanding between Patagonia and the Albanian government to co-create the Vjosa Wild River National Park.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
In a sentencing memorandum, the government had asked the Bad Boy Records founder be sentenced to 11 years in federal prison.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorandum
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Illston granted the unions' request for a temporary restraining order to pause the implementation of layoffs already underway and to block any additional layoff notices from being sent out at more than 30 agencies where the unions represent employees.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
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The news comes a day after the American Federation of Government Employees said 600 union members, nearly a quarter of the staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, received layoff notices.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, the letter calls on Congressional support for the European Union to overturn its ban on Sulfuryl Fluoride, a pesticide used to fumigate Southern Yellow Pine wood chips on breakbulk cargo ships.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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The European clinical trial, involving researchers from UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital, found that 84% of participants could once again recognize letters, numbers, and words using the device.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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The cache also includes notes and records from du Cann and other correspondence from the leadership election, including the former Prime Minister Edward Heath and then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Vocal powerhouse and violinist Natalie Stovall stepped in for the duet and nailed a 12-second high note.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Oct. 2025
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Paoletta signed off on a memo authorizing the freeze.—
Andy Kroll,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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Perez’s memo said the proposal, in part, could help first-time homebuyers.—
Jim Turner,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 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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Enclose with your contribution the donor’s address with city, state and ZIP code for internal processing, a notation of whether the donation should remain anonymous, and/or whether the donation is in the memory of someone special.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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In their new poetry collections, Peter Balakian’s elliptical notations let his images speak for themselves while Angie Estes’s concentration reveals a rapturous virtuosity.—
Ange Mlinko,
The New York Review of Books,
2 Oct. 2025
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In that sense, the song feels like a defining turning point in their career — both a declaration and a promise of what’s to come.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
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The region is also still recovering from major flooding in August of last year - Kipnuk, one of the villages hardest hit by the remnants of Typhoon Halong, received one of the first-ever federal disaster declarations for an Alaska tribe in the wake of that flooding.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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But there was uncertainty whether the directive included the Coast Guard, which is a military branch, but falls under the Department of Homeland Security during peace time, the AP reported.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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But such a directive was a reminder nonetheless that McMillan had a remarkable day.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Memorandum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorandum. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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