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as in notice
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 letter
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 memorandum
This arrangement wan a memorandum of understanding.
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Pang’s attorney, William Hardwicke, filed his entire sentencing memorandum under seal Thursday for reasons that were not explained on the public docket.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the Milan Prefecture has introduced a memorandum of understanding to tackle worker exploitation, undeclared work, tax evasion and unfair contractual practices in the fashion supply chain.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
After Trump ended the protection in a memorandum on Thursday, California officials scrambled to add new security for Harris.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Pang’s attorney, William Hardwicke, filed his entire sentencing memorandum under seal Thursday for reasons that were not explained on the public docket.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the Milan Prefecture has introduced a memorandum of understanding to tackle worker exploitation, undeclared work, tax evasion and unfair contractual practices in the fashion supply chain.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
After Trump ended the protection in a memorandum on Thursday, California officials scrambled to add new security for Harris.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorandum
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The government subsequently dropped its appeal of the magistrate judge’s decision to release Bryant pending his trial, according to a notice on the docket Tuesday evening.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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The notice was made in accordance with the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Boelter’s motivation remains unclear, but investigators found a one-and-a-half-page letter, described as rambling and difficult to read, that was ascribed to him.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The president’s letter raised allegations made by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte that Cook had committed mortgage fraud by claiming two properties as her primary residence.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Be suspicious of urgent messages One of the most alarming details in the Anthropic report was how the hacker used AI to craft convincing extortion notes.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Among the suggestions was a handwritten note from David Murdoch, a Canadian pastor who had moved to the city.—
Beth Lew-Williams,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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Trump signed a memo this week threatening to ban direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription medications, theoretically driving down pharma revenues.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The memo Friday came from Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh and Mark Lazarus, who is CEO of Versant, the spinoff company that will include MSNBC (to be renamed MS NOW).—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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As a proud dad, the 38-year-old wrote his firstborn a sweet epistle to acknowledge his birthday.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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One of the earliest witnesses to the spread of Christianity, the codex features the first epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN,
3 Apr. 2024
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The film begins with a notation that Short illegally recorded one performance of the show by attaching two microphones to a chain link fence that served as Godspell’s spare backdrop.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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This is illustrated below in Figures 2–4, which have the key U.S. indices weekly charts with notations of recent breaks into all-time highs coming off the early-2025 sharp correction (or bear market).—
Randy Watts,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Yet many Arabs, and not a few of the British military authorities tasked with its implementation, opposed the declaration.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement ‘This is war’ Several on the right have likened Kirk’s death to a declaration of war.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Employees were not subjected to random pat searches despite a clear BOP directive.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The directive does not have an expiration date.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Memorandum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorandum. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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