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meme

[meem] / mim /
NOUN
cultural item repeatedly transmitted
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On election night, when Bass was starting to trail Raman in the vote count, Montemayor posted the meme again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

On Tuesday night, Kornacki inspired a meme simply by being captured on his new network’s Kornacki Cam as he walked down a hall.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

And it warned about market distortions caused by factors it said were more akin to gambling than investing, including traders using zero-day options and betting on meme stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Foid, like the rest of incel language, has become something of a reclaimed meme to the wider masses.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

And Em’s dad reminded Bridge of Em’s mom—he watched reality TV and always knew what meme was going around.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead

This week I met two Silicon Valley execs and I asked them how they were processing the news - "in memes", was the response.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Along the way it has also inspired internet memes, Halloween costumes and a booming market for merchandise—both official and bootleg.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

A 27-year-old named Kelley Dennison running to represent Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, for example, has posted Groyper-style memes, including one of her as the Groyper mascot, a derivative of Pepe the Frog.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Commenters seem amused by the apparent gaffe and have chosen to convey their feelings through a plethora of puns, jokes and memes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Boaz thought of the memes he’d seen claiming that some actor was actually a time traveler, their doppelgänger found in a vintage photograph.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

“Time to meme like we have never memed before,” wrote Reddit user chance901.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

He memed his way through his campaign and bragged about “bullying” Gonzales.

From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2026

After Grimes and Musk split, he memed his way into being forced to buy Twitter for way too much money.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

By his own admission, it was a bold move, one that turned him into one of the most famously memed figures in India.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025

A social media account run by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign memed itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024

None of that has stopped Reddit and other corners of the web from celebrating and memeing the issue.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

As for the spoofing and memeing of the 60-second spot, Trotter said she and her colleagues just “can’t ignore it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025

In 2020 Sen. Ed Markey fended off his primary challenger—a young Kennedy!—by memeing himself into winning the youth vote.

From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2024

We said, 'No.' They didn't think of the impact that would have on how people would pick that up and start memeing it, and that's what happens with these things.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2022

“The internet is a very vibrant place, and I think a lot of the memeing and a lot of the nontraditional creativity that goes on is a good thing,” says Rose.

From The Verge ● Dec. 16, 2017

And when watching the series, there is no question about the skill of the team members, so I was initially a little shocked at the eventual meming of the show.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2020

On the left, we spend our time calling out and shutting down, lolling and meming and dropping mics.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2017


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