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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
Investigators were tasked with reviewing specific policy documents signed using the autopen, including clemency grants, executive orders, memoranda, and other presidential directives.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
This is similar to the memorandums of understanding (MOUs) that were hatched between internet companies at the Dotcom bubble top.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Li, president of NCSIST, added that the institute will sign two contracts and four memorandums of understanding with six US and Canadian companies during the three-day defense trade show.
—Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
As of mid-June, ICE had 649 memorandums of agreement covering law-enforcement agencies in 40 states.
—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
Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
This is similar to the memorandums of understanding (MOUs) that were hatched between internet companies at the Dotcom bubble top.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Li, president of NCSIST, added that the institute will sign two contracts and four memorandums of understanding with six US and Canadian companies during the three-day defense trade show.
—Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
As of mid-June, ICE had 649 memorandums of agreement covering law-enforcement agencies in 40 states.
—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
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The iTunes Store versions carry the same tracklists as the CDs, but the iTunes versions add two unique voice memos to each album.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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Those documents continue to exist under a protective order and include financial statements, transaction records, and internal memos related to Epstein’s business at the bank.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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He was arrested in 2005 After a nearly 30-year break in communication, in 2004, Rader began sending letters to The Wichita Eagle and other outlets with evidence.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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These included letters from BTK himself, taunting police on being unable to catch him.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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Pawpaws have a hard-to-place, unique flavor that gives notes of banana and mango, as well as a third, more mysterious thing.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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The rye character of the whiskey is definitely front and center, with notes of spice, fruit, vanilla, and caramel popping on every sip.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
12 Oct. 2025
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While projects connected to Cook were frequently the subject of splashy announcements from city leaders, many have not moved forward, raising questions about how thoroughly the city vetted them.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
13 Oct. 2025
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Swift packed two announcements into one.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
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Before sunrise Wednesday, all but one Alameda County agency pulled public access to communications between officers and dispatchers, completing a region-wide shift toward secrecy that has prompted alarm among police accountability and First Amendment advocates.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omissions, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation with transmission, communications, line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or allegation of submissions.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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The third film in the franchise follows Ares (Jared Leto), an intelligent computer program who begins to question his orders and directives from CEO Julian Dillinger (Evan Peters), setting him on a collision course into the real world to find Eve Kim (Greta Lee), the current CEO of Encom.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Over and over, the department has used the threat of pulling federal funding to force compliance with new directives and rapid shifts in policy.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Carolyn Vega, the associate director of policy analysis at Share Our Strength, an anti-poverty advocacy group, said that pausing sending the information now doesn’t mean that cards can’t be loaded next month, with or without resumption of government operations.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
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Trump holds the cards for success or failure in demilitarizing Gaza and deradicalizing the Palestinians.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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No reports of illnesses have been reported by the FDA in connection with the consumption of the affected products.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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According to reports via Israeli outlet Ynet, the violence erupted when Hamas militants raided the neighborhood of Sabra in Gaza City, home to a clan called Doghmush, also known as the Al Doghmush family militia.—
Emma Bussey , Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Memorandums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorandums. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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