missive
Example Sentences
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ClearView Energy Partners opened a missive to clients this weekend with an ominous warning: This time could be different.
We know that because after Streeting's gambit, a missive was sent around government by the Cabinet Office ordering them not to.
From BBC
Let's be clear: missives of loyalty from cabinet ministers towards the prime minister shouldn't be newsworthy and they only become so when the opposite seems feasible.
From BBC
“I deny having abused, coerced or disrespected any woman,” he said in his missive, which has been translated to English.
From Los Angeles Times
“If you would only send a missive through the proper channels...I’d be happy to dictate the letters to you, if we could maybe begin this evening.”
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.