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memento

noun as in souvenir

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Now running her own lab at Calico, Sidrauski has a memento—a gift from the art studio of her mentor Walter, who’s an amateur sculptor.

A travel journal allows you to jot down the subtle details that resonate with you and store random mementos without weighing down your bag.

As he sorted through the household goods, stuffed animals and personal mementos, he remembers feeling sad — especially when he found documents belonging to the original owner.

Over the past 20 years, I have collected souvenirs around the world, from Sydney to Buenos Aires — tins, glasses, foreign-language books, mementos from restaurants and bars, mustard pots, corks, beermats, even checks from memorable meals.

The instinct to hold on to mementos of even the most awful and trying events is human.

He looks a bit like  B̶r̶a̶d̶ ̶P̶i̶t̶t̶ Guy Pearce in Memento at this stage.

I watched as each reached up to the press box, memento in hand.

She was now wearing an equally prized memento on the chest of her dress uniform.

Sandra McElwaine previews the loot, from a Cuban Missile Crisis memento to notes from the first lady.

They offered tea, a smoke, and an Egyptian flag as a memento.

Not only as 454 a memento of you, but as a perpetual encouragement to do better with his Lordship.

I could barely reach one little twig of pale, discolored leaves, to bring home as a memento.

It would be novel, economical, and moral; a kind of memento mori—a death's head at the feast!

Of this a very few instances, more by way of memento than of instruction, may suffice.

If he had been the General, he would have had the trees hewn down after the trial, and done away with every memento of the place.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to memento, such as: keepsake, relic, remembrance, reminder, token, and trophy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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