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correspondence

[kawr-uh-spon-duhns, kor-] / ˌkɔr əˈspɒn dəns, ˌkɒr- /


NOUN
communication by writing
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A Pentagon spokesperson declined to answer questions from ProPublica, noting: “As with all congressional correspondence, the Department will respond directly to the authors.”

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

Bulgaria’s secret services kept a dossier on him during his years abroad, routinely monitoring the correspondence of prominent exiles and dissidents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

You must be able to read and respond to work-related correspondence in a timely fashion, which means you need access to your phone, laptop and a wifi signal or hotspot.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Details of the letter and other correspondence were described to The Times by two district sources who reviewed the document.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2026

In part, the bonding occurred because the correspondence of their twilight years permitted both sages to confront and argue out their different notions of the history they had lived and made together.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The agency declined to share correspondences between staffers due to the continuing investigation, the report said.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

In another, he included what he described as Kennedy’s explicit correspondences with Nuzzi, and said Nuzzi acted as a political operative for the then-candidate.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

In her paper, Dr Hale chronicles terse correspondences between the museum's art director, Professor John Coolidge, and Ramsey once concerns had been raised by the duchess.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2025

“These cross modal correspondences are shared across people. Is it across everybody? Is it universal? Sometimes, perhaps yes,” Spence said.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2025

He’d searched old journals and bundled correspondences, spies’ reports, maps and treaties, trade ledgers and the minutes of royal secretaries, and anything else he could dig up.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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