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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
Amid the flurry of actions President Donald Trump took his first day in office Monday was a memorandum calling on federal agencies to find ways to solve what Americans have called their biggest financial burden: inflation.
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Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
The directive was felt within hours of that memorandum being issued.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Several federal departments had removed the web pages even before the memorandum.
—Alexandra Olson and Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
With his first batch of memoranda and orders, Trump repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden’s actions and withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate accords, among other actions.
—Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
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Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
The directive was felt within hours of that memorandum being issued.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Several federal departments had removed the web pages even before the memorandum.
—Alexandra Olson and Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
With his first batch of memoranda and orders, Trump repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden’s actions and withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate accords, among other actions.
—Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorandum
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His lawyers filed a notice of appeal Wednesday, asking the state's midlevel appeals court to reverse his May conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The notice was made in accordance with North Carolina’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act on Monday.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Jan. 2025
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Mail carriers deliver love letters, college application acceptances, Christmas cards, wedding invitations, your W2s for taxes, and much, much more.—
Kendall Malinchock,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s order and the corps’ response also drew criticism from several state leaders, including Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla, who demanded answers in a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2025
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However, a rollercoaster 2024 for restaurants might have ended on a high note — and that could bode well for the industry in the year ahead.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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Ají amarillo is chili pepper native to South America and has vibrant fruit notes reminiscent of passion fruit or a mango, along with a moderate dash of heat similar to cayenne pepper.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Trump administration also issued a second order indefinitely halting the travel of Health and Human Services personnel, according to a second memo obtained by The Post.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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According to a memo filed by House Republicans, lawmakers have plans to undo former President Joe Biden's expansion of the TFP, which led to a 23 percent increase in SNAP benefits in 2021.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 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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Yet the novel evolved incrementally from public to private, epistle to narrative as the scope of the vision enlarged.—
David L. Ulin,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2024
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Avoid textbooks that say there are notations on the various pages, as these may not be the notes that earn you a good grade.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
11 Dec. 2024
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Nelson says participants use graphic notation to compose music – a process of documenting musical ideas using abstract representations of sound such as color, shape, or gesture, allowing quicker access to the music-making process than traditional systems allow.—
Gina Grillo,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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The President can enact an emergency declaration or urge the HHS to declare a public health emergency to ensure treatment for short- and long-term health impacts for anyone exposed to environmental health hazards from the train derailment and its aftermath.—
Misti Allison,
TIME,
1 Feb. 2025
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Every other order was approved by at least two-thirds of Republicans, with the border emergency declaration being the most popular, with 84% in favor.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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By the evening of Friday, Jan. 24, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had issued a directive that went even further, effectively freezing operations at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government's lead provider of nonmilitary foreign aid.—
Belinda Luscombe,
TIME,
1 Feb. 2025
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Before long, the White House rescinded the OMB directive — though not, said Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the president’s earlier executive orders on DEI and the Green New Deal.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
1 Feb. 2025
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