missive
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A missive from the administration in February 2025 directed government agencies to review all funding to nongovernmental organizations.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
The missive, which could be a precursor to a lawsuit, opens another avenue of attack against the controversial $111-billion deal, which would transform the smaller Paramount into an industry titan.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 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
This, we learn, is the man who sent that pocketed missive of the prologue; how it made its way to Kornyev is a miracle at which Mr. Loznitsa leaves us to marvel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
“This establishment has urgent need for approximately 100 Junior Physicists and Mathematicians, 100 Assistant Computers, 75 Minor Laboratory Apprentices, 125 Helper Trainees, 50 Stenographers and Typists,” exclaimed the missive.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Vocabulary lists containing missive
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