missive
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A certain fateful missive brought Holbein to Thomas More, one of Henry VIII’s most trusted advisers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
For nearly 14 years, I’ve returned to this contemplative missive through every bump in the occupational road or moment of professional strife.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
“Anthropic serves an expensive product to rich people,” Altman wrote elsewhere in his 420-word missive.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026
We know that because after Streeting's gambit, a missive was sent around government by the Cabinet Office ordering them not to.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
The missive was duly placed in the hands of Alexander Sachs, a Russian-born economist with a scientific background and, more to the point, access to the White House inner circle as an advisor to FDR.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing missive
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