by letter
idiom
: by sending and receiving letters
We communicated with each other by letter.
a relationship that began by letter
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Critics of Cal-OSHA have called workplace investigations performed by letter toothless, because only in-person inspections can result in fines.
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Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
My high school girlfriend had broken up with me by letter.
—Louis P. Masur, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
The lead-up to Thursday fit the slapdash nature of Trump’s tariffs, which have been variously rolled out, walked back, delayed, increased, imposed by letter and frantically renegotiated.
—Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The lead-up to Thursday fit the slapdash nature of Trump’s tariffs, which have been rolled out, walked back, delayed, increased, imposed by letter and renegotiated.
—Josh Boak, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2025
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Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
My high school girlfriend had broken up with me by letter.
—Louis P. Masur, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
The lead-up to Thursday fit the slapdash nature of Trump’s tariffs, which have been variously rolled out, walked back, delayed, increased, imposed by letter and frantically renegotiated.
—Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The lead-up to Thursday fit the slapdash nature of Trump’s tariffs, which have been rolled out, walked back, delayed, increased, imposed by letter and renegotiated.
—Josh Boak, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for by letter
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“By letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20letter. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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