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missive

noun as in written communication

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The lengthy missive said the centre couldn't pay its debts and had entered voluntary administration.

From BBC

During Tuesday's news conference, Utah County prosecutor Jeff Gray said instead of deleting the messages like Robinson asked, the roommate provided the missives to police.

From BBC

Well, almost certainly nothing to Putin, who likely grasped immediately he is not the intended audience for this missive.

From Salon

The missives have largely mimicked the president’s own social media patois, with hyperbole, petty insults and a heavy reliance on the “caps lock” key.

Jeff adopted a stern, fatherly tone with his mom, which the documentary illustrates with the missives he left on her answering machine.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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