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or memoranda
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as in memos
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
As of mid-June, ICE had 649 memorandums of agreement covering law-enforcement agencies in 40 states.
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Matt Alderton, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Not only that, as CEI’s work on agency guidance documents, policy statements memoranda and other forms of regulatory dark matter attests, conventional notice-and-comment regulation increasingly comes nowhere close to capturing government intervention in the economy.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Matt Alderton, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Not only that, as CEI’s work on agency guidance documents, policy statements memoranda and other forms of regulatory dark matter attests, conventional notice-and-comment regulation increasingly comes nowhere close to capturing government intervention in the economy.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorandums
Noun
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While these steps are promising, the OIG emphasized that temporary surge staff and policy memos are not enough.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Folsom Fire Department proposed reassigning firefighters away from serving a critical fire station as questions swirl over potential cuts to city departments amid a multimillion dollar budget deficit, according to internal memos.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Mendoza declined multiple requests for an interview and did not provide comments in response to ProPublica’s letters detailing the case.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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What two letters are favorites of pirates?—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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At the 2025 ceremony, Cristin Milioti, accepting for The Penguin, pulled out the back of her therapy notes.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Most recently, President Joe Biden chose him in 2021 to serve on his Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, Tribe's Harvard bio notes.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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NurPhoto via Getty Images Artificial intelligence is in an arms race of scale with bigger models, more parameters, and more compute driving competing announcements that seem to come out on a daily basis.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The announcements arrives weeks after a lawsuit filed by parents whose 16-year-old son died by suicide following extensive interactions with ChatGPT.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 Sep. 2025
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That breakthrough could transform computing and communications.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Roscoe is a career diplomat and former communications chief to the late Queen Elizabeth II.—
Pan Pylas,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Many tech companies thrive with top-down leadership and linear management—clear directives from the founder to executors, without middle layers slowing or distorting the vision.—
Jonathan Low,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Regarding the centers, Ohio State has said the closures were tied to Trump’s anti-DEI directives.—
Chris Quintana,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Karwai Tang/WireImage The event came a day after a private tea with Charles at Clarence House ended weeks of speculation about whether a step toward reconciliation between father and son might be on the cards.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Austin, Texas, and Miami, Florida are on the cards as well.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Sep. 2025
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Everything appeared to be great until the Raiders star appeared on the injury reports as DNP (Did Not Participate).—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Crappie reports are scarce, Jones said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Memorandums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorandums. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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