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as in letters
a message on paper from one person or group to another
a long series of memos between the two authors collaborating on the book
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as in memoranda
a written communication giving information or directions
the visiting leader received a series of urgent memos from the country's ambassador prior to the summit
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Recent Examples of memos
In a nutshell, while the law firm did not have to turn over client memos, notes and files, it was still required to identify the relevant clients, who invariably were audited by the IRS.
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Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Capture your audience's attention with smarter emails, Slacks, memos, and reports.
—João Cotter Salvado
donal Crilly, Harvard Business Review, 3 Jan. 2025
However, a lack of clarity over where it should be displayed led to years of mishandling, confidential 1984 memos seen by PA news agency showed.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Though workers were expected to make their return by May, memos to workers in New York, Austin and elsewhere showed their spaces wouldn’t be ready until the summer, in some cases as late as September, Business Insider previously reported.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
Since incorporating LLMs, these memos have become more than fleeting ideas—they're part of my thought process.
—Pawel Rzeszucinski, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
In private meetings and memos, the justices made new ethics rules for themselves — then split on whether they should be enforced.
—Adam Liptak, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
In fact, the committee released an 800-page report as well as 140 transcripts of testimony and various memos, emails and voice mail messages.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2024
Buried in the thousands of pages of medical records, correspondence and memos that build the hospital’s case against Weiner is a single sheet that summarizes the dying moments of seven people.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Capture your audience's attention with smarter emails, Slacks, memos, and reports.
—João Cotter Salvado
donal Crilly, Harvard Business Review, 3 Jan. 2025
However, a lack of clarity over where it should be displayed led to years of mishandling, confidential 1984 memos seen by PA news agency showed.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Though workers were expected to make their return by May, memos to workers in New York, Austin and elsewhere showed their spaces wouldn’t be ready until the summer, in some cases as late as September, Business Insider previously reported.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
Since incorporating LLMs, these memos have become more than fleeting ideas—they're part of my thought process.
—Pawel Rzeszucinski, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
In private meetings and memos, the justices made new ethics rules for themselves — then split on whether they should be enforced.
—Adam Liptak, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
In fact, the committee released an 800-page report as well as 140 transcripts of testimony and various memos, emails and voice mail messages.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2024
Buried in the thousands of pages of medical records, correspondence and memos that build the hospital’s case against Weiner is a single sheet that summarizes the dying moments of seven people.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Memos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memos. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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