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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
Mulino at that meeting also announced that a memorandum of understanding signed in July with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security could be expanded so Venezuelans, Colombians and Ecuadoreans can be returned from the perilous Darien Gap at U.S. cost, through an airstrip in Panama.
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Reuters, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
This unprecedented stream of executive orders and memorandums is unsettling Washington households as people scramble to determine whether their jobs and livelihoods are safe.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
Kollar-Kotelly was also the judge responsible for blocking Trump’s 2017 memorandum attempting to ban transgender people from serving in the armed forces.
—Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Feb. 2025
That was a major step in a country whose government in 2013 signed a memorandum of understanding with Tehran that would have had Iran and Argentina jointly investigate the AMIA bombing.
—Jta Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
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Reuters, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
This unprecedented stream of executive orders and memorandums is unsettling Washington households as people scramble to determine whether their jobs and livelihoods are safe.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
Kollar-Kotelly was also the judge responsible for blocking Trump’s 2017 memorandum attempting to ban transgender people from serving in the armed forces.
—Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Feb. 2025
That was a major step in a country whose government in 2013 signed a memorandum of understanding with Tehran that would have had Iran and Argentina jointly investigate the AMIA bombing.
—Jta Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorandum
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On the third day of the Trump administration, the Office of Personnel Management instructed agency heads to email their employees a notice asking them to report one another for violations of President Trump’s executive order.—
Karen Hao,
The Atlantic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Mark Kantrowitz, a student loan and higher education expert, told Newsweek that while the precise timeline is uncertain, borrowers should expect at least a month's notice before needing to transition to a new plan.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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After more than a decade of trauma for the parents and a pair of lawsuits, Dr. Osbourne finally walked back the controversial suicide finding in a letter to a Pennsylvania court last month.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail.—
Juan Peña,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Compounders have 60 to 90 days to stop sales For Hims and other compounders, this development starts the clock on having unfettered market access to Novo's drugs, Leerink Partners analyst Michael Cherny said in a note.—
Bhanvi Satija, Puyaan Singh,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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But notes on the page of a score are just a starting point.—
Joshua Barone,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Rubio argued in the memo the groups present an elevated risk to commit acts of terrorism.—
Jackson Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Feb. 2025
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Those laid off Saturday included employees that evaluate the safety of medical devices and conduct oversight of Affordable Care Act exchanges, according to memos reviewed by Bloomberg.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
19 Feb. 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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When designing and developing software, developers often evaluate the performance characteristics of the algorithm using Big O notation.—
Shravanthi Kallem,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Over the years, competing camps have debated adopting one or another notation for many different aspects of mathematics.—
Max Springer,
Scientific American,
7 Feb. 2025
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Very little of what Maclean has shown us across the film helps this declaration make sense or have any weight.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Romanian presidential candidate faces six charges including incitement to actions against the constitutional order, communication of false information, and false declarations in continuous form (regarding sources of financing of the electoral campaign and declarations of assets).—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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But as part of Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants, on the first day of his second term, DHS rescinded a directive that limited federal agents' ability to conduct enforcement actions in sensitive locations such as churches, schools and hospitals.—
Abraham Gutman The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Trump said in the Oval Office on Monday while defending Musk's directive.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Memorandum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorandum. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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