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
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The script, which Sachs co-wrote with his regular collaborator Mauricio Zacharias, has no interest in overexplaining its milieu or serving as an anthropological missive from the past, which is admirable.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 20 May 2026
The day the missive was delivered, organizers additionally filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board.
—News Desk, Artforum, 18 May 2026
Up, down, left and right — mail missives were rocketing toward the center screen.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Antonoff echoed this opinion in his missive.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 20 May 2026
The day the missive was delivered, organizers additionally filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board.
—News Desk, Artforum, 18 May 2026
Up, down, left and right — mail missives were rocketing toward the center screen.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Antonoff echoed this opinion in his missive.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
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“Missive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missive. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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