cover letter
noun
US
: a letter that is sent with something to explain the reason for it or to give more information about it
Always include a cover letter with your résumé.
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Craft a cover letter that demonstrates both soft and hard skills and your learning agility.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
To earn a scholarship, applicants had to submit a cover letter; resume; summary of their high school activities, personal hobbies and community volunteering for Young Eagles; and letters of recommendation from EAA staff members.
—Cyril A. Reinicke, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
Content Is Your Cover Letter A traditional cover letter gets skimmed once.
—King Holder, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025
Google exec Sameer Samat got his foot in the door at the $2 tech giant not with the perfect resume or cover letter—but rather the confidence to cold email its billionaire cofounder Sergey Brin in the middle of the night.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
To earn a scholarship, applicants had to submit a cover letter; resume; summary of their high school activities, personal hobbies and community volunteering for Young Eagles; and letters of recommendation from EAA staff members.
—Cyril A. Reinicke, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
Content Is Your Cover Letter A traditional cover letter gets skimmed once.
—King Holder, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025
Google exec Sameer Samat got his foot in the door at the $2 tech giant not with the perfect resume or cover letter—but rather the confidence to cold email its billionaire cofounder Sergey Brin in the middle of the night.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for cover letter
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“Cover letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover%20letter. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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