letter of recommendation

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Next came an overnight bus ride to their final destination: tiny Swink, Colo., where Japanese American farmers had previously employed Alvarado’s wealthier uncles, writing a letter of recommendation this time to make crossing over easier.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

She had already received a letter of recommendation from a trusted associate who’d met Bonlieu in Paris in January, and she needed help.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

As a matter of fact, if you needed a small business loan, letter of recommendation, or a lawyer who could represent you for free, you went to the church.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024

She also wrote him a letter of recommendation, which helped him find work as a staff physician.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023

So I let slip a few pieces of information: I had been admitted without a letter of recommendation.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss