missive

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Mr. Allport, a historian at Syracuse University, found this lovely missive in the digital archive of RAF Bomber Command, one of the many archives he has culled to put this book together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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

“I deny having abused, coerced or disrespected any woman,” he said in his missive, which has been translated to English.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

When he wrote this last missive, Jorge must have known he would die before she received it.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García