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memento

[muh-men-toh] / məˈmɛn toʊ /


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His first book, “Lessons and Carols,” was published in 2023, and his second book, a digital memento mori, is expected in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

“It’s a memento to a certain period of time,” said Arasheben, whose company is Jason of Beverly Hills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

A couple, out for a stroll, asked an AFP journalist to take a photo of them, a memento of a nice date back on their island home.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

At the end of her visit, she was gifted a Wakefield Trinity shirt as a memento.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

She ran then, carrying his knowledge, but her belt fell off and he kept it as a memento.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

And now, all of these years later, you feel ostracized from your remaining family and, more than that, you were left with a few mementoes of those formative years and no inheritance.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

She is moved by the sight of the mementoes left by other pilgrims at the foot of the cross and adds Tom and Lizzie’s things to the pile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

It may keep mementoes of successes, souvenirs that mark important events, treasured valuable items and things that may seem mundane and trivial to some but give meaning to others.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025

Describing herself variously as a surrogate mother or mental coach to Sala, she showed us the many photographs and other mementoes of their friendship.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2022

Tucked in between old woolen socks and pants were mementoes: circus bills, a dance card, penny postcards, a few photos.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Biles has also filled the home with more personal touches, particularly inside her private office, where she has begun displaying mementos from her decorated gymnastics career.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Many presidents, however, have given souvenirs or personal mementos to staff.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

“I wasn’t expecting an offer or anything,” Conlon said recently in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion office he has occupied for 20 years and laden with mementos soon to be boxed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

There were long-out-of-date policies, receipts, family photographs, work mementos and then, undetected at the back of one of the steel grey drawers, was a brown envelope marked 'Everton: Season Ticket Sales'.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

As mementos, visitors stole ears of corn from the field and sawed young fruit trees into pieces of wood.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow


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