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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

A rustic leather embroidered bandana with “Banda La Movida” stitched vertically hangs from his left pocket — a keepsake his mom held onto from her brothers’ group back in the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Imagine not being able to figure out later if the thought in your head is really yours or an unintentional keepsake from someone else’s mind.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Last Saturday morning, dozens of families set up their canopies for the annual Chavez Ravine community picnic, bringing photo albums and other cherished keepsakes to display table side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Conjuring fossils, keepsakes, toys and relics, these nostalgic, tactile miniatures suggest that Duchamp, the consummate iconoclast, may have believed in the aesthetic, transformational power of art after all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

She said she wanted to leave the bags as "keepsakes" for her children and grandchildren.

From BBC ● May 21, 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

Vincent has been drawing, staying up late at night “to have some keepsakes and to strengthen thoughts that automatically spring to mind upon seeing the things.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman


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