open letter
noun
: a published letter of protest or appeal usually addressed to an individual but intended for the general public
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In an open letter to the company, a citizens' group implored company executives to reconsider their decision to close the factory.
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After conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death, Indivisible joined more than 500 nonprofits in an open letter condemning what the groups described as the use of government power to target liberal organizations and threaten First Amendment rights.
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Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The furore over the doc extended to some of the industry’s top creatives, with soccer star Gary Lineker, actors Riz Ahmed, Khalid Abdalla, and Miriam Margolyes, and director Mike Leigh among the hundreds of signatories of an open letter calling for the BBC to reinstate the program on iPlayer.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile over 1,200 film industry figures including Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik and Debra Messing have signed an open letter rejecting the boycott.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
The organizations that received subpoenas had signed or organized open letters and petitions critical of OpenAI’s ongoing efforts to restructure from a nonprofit to a for-profit public benefit corporation.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
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Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The furore over the doc extended to some of the industry’s top creatives, with soccer star Gary Lineker, actors Riz Ahmed, Khalid Abdalla, and Miriam Margolyes, and director Mike Leigh among the hundreds of signatories of an open letter calling for the BBC to reinstate the program on iPlayer.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile over 1,200 film industry figures including Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik and Debra Messing have signed an open letter rejecting the boycott.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
The organizations that received subpoenas had signed or organized open letters and petitions critical of OpenAI’s ongoing efforts to restructure from a nonprofit to a for-profit public benefit corporation.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for open letter
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“Open letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20letter. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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