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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.
—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The team pored over 7,000 pages of internal memoranda, technical reports, oral histories, and unpublished documents.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
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
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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.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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That’s why federal notices of funding opportunities are typically open for 60 days, per HHS policy.—
Lauren Chan,
STAT,
19 June 2026
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Several neighborhood residents and business owners filed letters in support of the project with the plan commission.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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These can be 4 to 7 letters long.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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In an interview included in press notes for the film, the filmmaker explained the origins of the project.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
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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.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Most of the guitars are just voice memos of older guitars.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
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In particular, the inspector general criticized the FBI for its reliance on a set of opposition research memos prepared by ex-British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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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.—
byDebbie Carlson,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Mar. 2026
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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
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Do notations always converge like this on something dominant?—
John Pavlus,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s order rolled back the executive directives that guided those regulations, but the regulations themselves remain in place.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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The Labor Department said states would receive further directives in coming weeks.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Representatives of the Mexican consulate in New York did not return messages seeking comment.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
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Slack messages appear during dinner.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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