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keepsake

[keep-sayk] / ˈkipˌseɪk /


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Hurt and in desperate need of her friend, Andie goes to see Iona to ask for her ruffly pink prom dress, a keepsake she promised Andie if ever she wanted it.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

When the next mission to the International Space Station blasts off from Florida next week, a special keepsake will be hitching a ride: a small stuffed rabbit.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

She had treasured the pan through the years as “a keepsake of our love.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

They claimed it made it "the most unique t-shirt and medal in Great North Run history, a keepsake that we'll be talking about in 44 years' time".

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

Behind it were small offices for an inmate photographer, who snapped keepsake Polaroid pictures, and a counselor who could help with matters such as weddings.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

While live on the show, James produced "two little doilies", which he took as keepsakes from the day.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Nearby were more family artifacts: photographs, keepsakes, fragments of lives divided across borders.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

People have been lining up at Costco and Walmart to buy gold bars and digging through their jewelry boxes to turn keepsakes into cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Don eventually remarried and had three more kids, but he held on to a big box of Cynthia’s clothes and other keepsakes, including a lock of hair and bottle of her perfume.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

The HQ was half office/half shop—the office portion commendably busy looking, the shop half arrayed with AT guides and keepsakes.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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