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noun

memorandum

a written proposal or reminder

In a sentence

Six example sentences with memorandum, each labelled with its topic.

  • A one-page memorandum from the operations lead proposed closing the depot and moving deliveries to the coastal warehouse.

    Business

  • The leaked memorandum showed that staff had warned about the bridge repairs eighteen months before the closure.

    Politics

  • She pinned a short memorandum above her desk listing the three servers nobody is allowed to restart before noon.

    Technology

  • Counsel filed a memorandum proposing that the two cases be heard together, and the judge agreed within a week.

    Law

  • A 1941 memorandum from the harbor master reminded every captain that lights must be out by dusk.

    History

  • The lab director's memorandum proposed sharing the telescope with the neighboring university on alternate weeks.

    Science

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