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memorandum

[mem-uh-ran-duhm] / ˌmɛm əˈræn dəm /


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The order was first announced as a memorandum of understanding at the Farnborough International Airshow in July.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

On Monday, French energy giant TotalEnergies signed a memorandum of understanding with Iraq on liquefied natural gas supplies and agreed to discuss further energy projects.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Pacific Fusion, backed by around $1 billion from venture capitalists, is the first private nuclear-fusion company to have a memorandum of understanding with the NNSA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

One memorandum from the FBI's legal attache in London, sent two weeks later, noted there were a "number of videos, floppy disks and documentation still to be viewed".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

After a week, he carried the five-page memorandum to Kappe's office and delivered it himself.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Anyway all the flirtations and memoranda came to nothing, as foreseen in these pages and elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

In 2023, Kuwait signed seven memoranda of understanding with China on projects including the Mubarak al-Kabeer Port, as well as housing, water treatment and renewable energy.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

He said Nepal has signed agreements or memoranda of understanding with China, India and Bangladesh for power trade or cooperation.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

Kissinger consistently reinforced Nixon's impulse to ignore the law, but also took precautions to cover his own backside by getting Haig to compile memoranda showing that Nixon knew about and approved the illegal transfers.

From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2023

“Is that what did it? My memoranda? Is that what made them put Scheisskopf in charge? Why didn’t they put me in charge?”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Among them are memorandums of understanding with the Federal Trade Commission, giving prosecutors access to consumer-complaint data relevant to telemarketing and telemedicine scams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

He set the tone for his second term by issuing 26 executive orders, four proclamations and 12 memorandums on his first day back in office.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

Other analysts note that a lot of the agreements signed during the trip were non-binding memorandums of understanding, which are less formal than contracts, and do not always translate into actual transactions.

From BBC ● May 20, 2025

Shortly after taking office, Hochman removed a number of Gascón’s closest allies from leadership posts in the district attorney’s office, according to transfer memorandums issued at the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025

There was file after file of saved correspondence, memorandums and official announcements.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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