as in letter
a message on paper from one person or group to another
the two old friends like to fire off missives filled with good-natured teasing and mock insults
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Recent Examples of missive
Deadline contacted Pearlman to ask why his LinkedIn missive was removed within hours of being published on Wednesday.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
While blotting soldiers’ letters one day, Julia comes across a missive from Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), a lieutenant on the Western Front.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
She is also known for the message of body positivity in her social-media missives.
—Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
The missive also cited the administration’s recent policy that considers how much land an energy project takes up — which is expected to disproportionately hamper solar and wind energy.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 6 Aug. 2025
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
While blotting soldiers’ letters one day, Julia comes across a missive from Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), a lieutenant on the Western Front.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
She is also known for the message of body positivity in her social-media missives.
—Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
The missive also cited the administration’s recent policy that considers how much land an energy project takes up — which is expected to disproportionately hamper solar and wind energy.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for missive
Noun
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Additionally, the letter calls on Congressional support for the European Union to overturn its ban on Sulfuryl Fluoride, a pesticide used to fumigate Southern Yellow Pine wood chips on breakbulk cargo ships.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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The European clinical trial, involving researchers from UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital, found that 84% of participants could once again recognize letters, numbers, and words using the device.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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As a proud dad, the 38-year-old wrote his firstborn a sweet epistle to acknowledge his birthday.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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One of the earliest witnesses to the spread of Christianity, the codex features the first epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN,
3 Apr. 2024
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“Missive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missive. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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