memorandums

variants or memoranda
plural of memorandum
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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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as in notes
a usually brief written reminder dispatched a memorandum to her secretary about the assignment

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Recent Examples of memorandums In August, Nvidia and six of the largest firms on Wall Street signed memorandums to mobilize more than $500 billion of outside capital around it. Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Goldman signed non-binding memorandums of understanding (MOUs), not formal contracts, with Nvidia. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 Nvidia signed memorandums of understanding with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR for the financing platforms. Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026 President Min Aung Hlaing's two-day official visit includes meetings with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and other officials at Government House, where they are expected to sign several memorandums of understanding. ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 To achieve growth for both undergrad and graduate students, the admissions office is sending two staff members to India under memorandums of understanding and partnerships with organizations in that country. Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 Presidential national security powers Executive memorandums direct agencies to prepare reports, implement policies or align programs with the administration’s priorities. Melinda Haas, The Conversation, 17 July 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorandums
Noun
  • As of Tuesday, the California EDD hasn’t received any new notices from Raley’s.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The City of Berkeley posted public notices Tuesday warning that anything other than vehicles blocking streets and sidewalks around the encampment along several blocks of Harrison Street will be removed beginning September 8.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • His letters bring him rushing onto the page—needy and self-mocking, jealous yet helplessly in love.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Historians have gleaned information from journals, letters and diaries, about their dialect.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Preserve messages and notes about what happened and check whether clean backups are available.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • As Madrid has grown into a tourist hot spot, foreign visitors are also snatching up his fans, which Llerandi notes are more reliable than their portable, electric counterparts.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Last year’s military memos detail a delicate pushback that may preserve at least the framework of the civilian security campaign.
    Megan Rose, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Applied to briefs, memos and case analyses, firms have a defensible claim over the underlying materials from which an AI could be trained.
    Hamid Kohan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The Pulse can perform much more intricate compositions than, say, a pair of industrial robot arms, and can work directly off of digital notations without the need for custom programming.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The mayor and other commissioners are chosen by voters and can direct the city manager through resolutions and other directives to take actions for the city.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
  • As they’ve mercifully been decreased from six to four to three over the last 50 years, so have the prime directives.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Several other country stars shared messages of support for Kelley’s sobriety in the comments.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • To improve chances of a timely reply, patients should start messages by greeting their doctor by name, ideally including both first and last names.
    Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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