: a written communication : letter
wrote a lengthy missive to her father
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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These missives forced career civil servants, many of them furloughed, to become unwilling messengers for partisan ends.
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Stephanie A, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Several legal firms have issued memos raising concerns about the missive's effect on foundations and nonprofit organizations.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The cloying missive goes on to explain that Google didn't really want to ban all those accounts, but Biden administration officials just kept asking.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
The short missive appeared designed to distance the US from the Israeli attack on a critical American ally in the Middle East.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie A, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Several legal firms have issued memos raising concerns about the missive's effect on foundations and nonprofit organizations.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The cloying missive goes on to explain that Google didn't really want to ban all those accounts, but Biden administration officials just kept asking.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
The short missive appeared designed to distance the US from the Israeli attack on a critical American ally in the Middle East.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for missive
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“Missive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missive. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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