as in reminder
something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event
kept a seashell as a memento of their first meeting, which happened to be at the beach
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Recent Examples of memento
This simple memento is just one way the spirit of my alma mater stays alive.
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Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Back inside, Winters guides me through his collection of family photos and mementos from his travels.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Inside, the walls are marked with mementos from his former life.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Yet those postcards were special, mementos worth saving from family and friends lucky enough to be traveling.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
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Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Back inside, Winters guides me through his collection of family photos and mementos from his travels.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Inside, the walls are marked with mementos from his former life.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Yet those postcards were special, mementos worth saving from family and friends lucky enough to be traveling.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for memento
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memento
Noun
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The sages imagined the world itself as a structure left open to the north, a reminder that there are always cracks through which danger, chaos, and suffering can enter.—
Barry Gelman,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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For some of us long-suffering fans, football inspires less Messianic zeal than an annual reminder that this is a dark and cruel world and any delusional preseason hope will be quickly and thoroughly snuffed out.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The memorial will also be livestreamed on Kirk's Rumble account.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Dallas University of Texas at Dallas UTD’s chapter of Turning Point USA is also organizing a memorial in honor of Kirk’s memory.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Inventory often includes hats, headbands, sunglasses, plush dolls, souvenir sipper cups, autograph books, bubble wands and lightsabers sold in the Disney parks.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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The souvenir, which Izenberg thinks was signed after Frazier’s and Ali’s retirements, might suggest a thawing of relations between the men.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Memento.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memento. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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