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memo

[mem-oh] / ˈmɛm oʊ /


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“This particular memo seems to treat tax cases as, ‘Well, you guys can tag along on pre-existing fraud cases.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Ball devoted entire sections of the memo to detailing the lawmakers’ conduct.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

In a memo to staff obtained by The Times, CNN Worldwide Chairman and Chief Executive Mark Thompson said he has discussed Amanpour’s future for several months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

In a memo carried by US media, CNN Chief Executive Mark Thompson praised Amanpour "for 43 extraordinary years of remarkable journalism, loyalty and friendship."

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Lawrence tried to communicate his excitement about Seaborg’s discovery in writing, via a memo to Jewett’s committee declaring that “an extremely important new possibility has been opened for the exploitation of the chain reaction.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

It's an echo, deliberate or not, of another Labour Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, who sent memos to his cabinet in 1974 demanding "little things that mean a lot".

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The book can feel overstuffed, variously reproducing correspondence, memos, dreams, trial transcripts and even a snatch of sheet music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

“That intro is definitely striking,” he told me in the first of many voice memos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

As they read your long-ago emails and memos, you want your years of hard work, passion and loyalty to your employer to jump off the page.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

The Man in the White Shirt found himself in a blizzard of memos and printouts, business cards and stationery, paper towels and copy paper, swirling through the air.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers


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