to the letter

idiom

: exactly or precisely
obey the law to the letter

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On Thursday evening a CNN spokesperson confirmed that the network responded to the letter by rejecting the claims in it. Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 26 June 2025 Bush followed the Reagan script to the letter in campaigning as a movement conservative and then governing as a neoliberal-neoconservative. Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 18 June 2025 Theater publication Playbill reported signatories to the letter include Tony winners James Monroe Iglehart, Maleah Joi Moon and Wendell Pierce. Dennis Romero, NBC news, 31 May 2025 Without a Schererville representative there, the meeting was short, but the group briefly discussed a letter Dyer Town Attorney Adam Sedia sent to Schererville in response to the letter that town sent June 6. Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for to the letter

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“To the letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20letter. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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