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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
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.
—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The team pored over 7,000 pages of internal memoranda, technical reports, oral histories, and unpublished documents.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
Attorneys representing Swift and her co-defendants in a copyright infringement case said a court rule limits motions and accompanying memorandums to 20 pages, unless the court allows the motion to exceed the page limit.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
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
Attorneys representing Swift and her co-defendants in a copyright infringement case said a court rule limits motions and accompanying memorandums to 20 pages, unless the court allows the motion to exceed the page limit.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorandums
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As the rodeo-ropin’ wife to Jake Gyllenhaal’s Jack Twist, Hathaway landed her first blush with a world-class filmmaker but a fraction of the notices that her equally brilliant peers Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, and Gyllenhaal received.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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According to the nonprofit Homeline, eviction notices were up 18% in Minnesota compared to the same time last year.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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In 1933, a writer for this magazine visited Saliger and reviewed letters from satisfied customers.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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In bold letters in his order, Vera said the government was barred from removing Romero León to Mexico.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Naitaki, a Michaelson Center for Public Policy senior advisor, said the group’s workers keep notes on how the dogs behave outside their kennels, something that helps match the dogs with appropriate new homes.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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When used correctly, that power can be harnessed for good, heightening the citrus fruit’s bright, piercing notes to soaring new heights.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 May 2026
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The key question for the AI era is whether cheaper legal memos, financial models, and consulting decks will similarly unlock dormant, unmet demand at scale—or whether most of that demand was already being served, and AI is simply doing the same work with fewer people.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Albritton sent multiple memos to senators reminding them of Florida’s state constitutional limits on redistricting and the requirement that it not be done as a blatantly partisan act.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 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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Do notations always converge like this on something dominant?—
John Pavlus,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Some plaintiffs are also asking that all disciplinary notations from their academic files be removed.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
10 Feb. 2026
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The office also handles business registrations, oversees the state archives and runs a potpourri of other state programs, like commissioning notaries public and maintaining a registry for advance care directives.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Bass has previously announced directives regarding strategic LAPD deployment, including in March after a brawl broke out in connection to a street takeover near upscale apartments in downtown.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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That includes describing specific campaign messages suitable for advertising or attacking opponents, sometimes highlighted in a literal red box.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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That’s the crowd advertisers in news programming see as most likely to heed marketing messages and product pitches.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
1 May 2026
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“Memorandums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorandums. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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