souvenir
noun
sou·ve·nir
ˈsü-və-ˌnir 
ˌsü-və-ˈnir
: something kept as a reminder (as of a place one has visited)
a souvenir of her travels
a souvenir shop
Examples of souvenir in a Sentence
When I went to the Super Bowl, I kept my ticket stub as a souvenir.
kept their love letters as souvenirs of their courtship
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Purchases of food, drink, lanterns to launch on the lake and souvenirs require Wildbucks, scrip that can be bought on the grounds.
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 9 Apr. 2025
The beautiful bookshop boasts fiction and contemporary non-fiction but its speciality is really in higher-end fine art books (that would make for great Parisian souvenirs).
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Children will receive souvenir baskets to collect eggs.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
There are more than 100 stands to buy niche souvenirs or pick up fresh fruit and a bounty of asparagus stalks.
—Yolanda Evans, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 9 Apr. 2025
The beautiful bookshop boasts fiction and contemporary non-fiction but its speciality is really in higher-end fine art books (that would make for great Parisian souvenirs).
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Children will receive souvenir baskets to collect eggs.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
There are more than 100 stands to buy niche souvenirs or pick up fresh fruit and a bounty of asparagus stalks.
—Yolanda Evans, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for souvenir
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“Souvenir.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/souvenir. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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souvenir
noun
sou·ve·nir
ˈsü-və-ˌni(ə)r
ˌsü-və-ˈni(ə)r
: something that serves as a reminder : memento
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