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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Believed to be made from a sheep’s appendix, the prophylactic dates back to 1830 and is likely a souvenir from a brothel, according to a statement from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on Tuesday.
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
John Rave reaches milestone Rave, who made his big-league debut on Monday, left Kauffman Stadium with a special souvenir from Wednesday’s game: the baseball from his first hit as a major-leaguer.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
For nearly anyone facing a lifetime’s worth of souvenirs, there’s an undeniable poignancy.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
The archives of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) hold countless intriguing artifacts, including souvenir soaps shaped like polar bears, an ostrich egg from the 1930s and—as employees recently discovered—more than 200 mysterious film reels.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
John Rave reaches milestone Rave, who made his big-league debut on Monday, left Kauffman Stadium with a special souvenir from Wednesday’s game: the baseball from his first hit as a major-leaguer.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
For nearly anyone facing a lifetime’s worth of souvenirs, there’s an undeniable poignancy.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
The archives of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) hold countless intriguing artifacts, including souvenir soaps shaped like polar bears, an ostrich egg from the 1930s and—as employees recently discovered—more than 200 mysterious film reels.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 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 6 Jun. 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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