as in reminder
something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event
saved the tassel from her mortarboard as a keepsake of her high school graduation
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Recent Examples of keepsake
All these years later, South Florida has its own keepsake from that robbery: the original Bank of Pompano vault.
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Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
The center was playing in his 900th career game and kept the goal puck as a keepsake.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
The gift shop offers books and replicas of artefacts for those wanting a keepsake.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Rather than staged portraits, the photos emphasize the movement and emotion of the event, which Lee said made for a more meaningful keepsake.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
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Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
The center was playing in his 900th career game and kept the goal puck as a keepsake.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
The gift shop offers books and replicas of artefacts for those wanting a keepsake.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Rather than staged portraits, the photos emphasize the movement and emotion of the event, which Lee said made for a more meaningful keepsake.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for keepsake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keepsake
Noun
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Not only was that the natural way to tell the story from his perspective as a narrator, aware of the tragic events, but that was also a way to grab the audience’s attention, hence his decision as well to insert reminders of the tragedy through the voice over at various intervals.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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That Bronny James is one of the healthy ones, again, is a reminder of how much of his journey is already house money, the Lakers rookie surviving a cardiac arrest less than two years ago.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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The grass beside the memorial was driven over sometime during the night of March 14, leaving deep tire tracks, according to Neil O’Connell, executive director of the Mount Soledad Memorial Association.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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The committee in charge of the memorials will be composed of theatre owners in consultation with industry service organizations.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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The items stolen included jewelry, firearms and some of ex-Zimbabwe Olympic swimmer Coventry's souvenirs from her career, as well as $15,000 in cash.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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The boy, who prosecutors said was dead for several hours before his mom called 911, was found in a hotel room bed, among Disneyland souvenirs and a kitchen knife purchased the day before it was found in the room, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Keepsake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keepsake. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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