: a written communication : letter
wrote a lengthy missive to her father
Examples of missive in a Sentence
She received yet another lengthy missive from her father.
the two old friends like to fire off missives filled with good-natured teasing and mock insults
Recent Examples on the Web
For those with some tenuous attachment to reality, the ICC’s most recent missives read like dispatches from an alternate universe.
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Noah Rothman, National Review, 20 May 2024
Oxford anti-royalists exchanged missives in a certain postbox made inconspicuous by the fact that men often stopped to pee near it.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
But with the latest missives in the war turning disconcertingly nasty, the scales have tipped against Drake in a way that could actually do long-standing reputational damage to his career.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
In the middle of my late-night TikTok scrolls, it’s been impossible to avoid Cohen’s evening missives.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 2 May 2024
The missives join a venerable tradition of prison letters that seek to influence events beyond the confining walls through their eloquence and humanity.
—Paul Kreitman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
According to these missives, Adams met with Ieyasu three times in May and June 1600.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
Young Americans are using online tools to mobilize voters and send millions of missives to Congress.
—Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Inevitably, a few were unwelcome, including missives from ultrareligious people wanting my proudly Jewish wife to get saved to spare herself from hellfire.
—Dan White, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
Noah Rothman, National Review, 20 May 2024
Oxford anti-royalists exchanged missives in a certain postbox made inconspicuous by the fact that men often stopped to pee near it.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
But with the latest missives in the war turning disconcertingly nasty, the scales have tipped against Drake in a way that could actually do long-standing reputational damage to his career.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
In the middle of my late-night TikTok scrolls, it’s been impossible to avoid Cohen’s evening missives.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 2 May 2024
The missives join a venerable tradition of prison letters that seek to influence events beyond the confining walls through their eloquence and humanity.
—Paul Kreitman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
According to these missives, Adams met with Ieyasu three times in May and June 1600.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
Young Americans are using online tools to mobilize voters and send millions of missives to Congress.
—Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Inevitably, a few were unwelcome, including missives from ultrareligious people wanting my proudly Jewish wife to get saved to spare herself from hellfire.
—Dan White, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Missive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missive. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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