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Recent Examples of billet-doux
Only one painting, The Love Letter (on loan from the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands), is explicitly identified as a billet-doux, but all three are suggestive of interior dramas; secret vulnerabilities and joys; two selves reaching toward one another.
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billet-doux
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Richard Katz, former president of the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners, proposed in a letter to the state board that DWP should pause its use of water from the Mono Basin.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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More than 150 clinicians are embedded in police departments serving over 250 communities across the state, Bradley highlighted in a letter to lawmakers earlier this month.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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Airline CEOs sent an open letter to Congress on Sunday calling on them to resolve the shutdown.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Although the Bears have yet to announce where their new stadium will be, Kevin Warren, the team's President and CEO, said in an open letter that the team needs to evaluate opportunities in addition to Arlington Park, including northwest Indiana.—
Lydia Calitri,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2026
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As a proud dad, the 38-year-old wrote his firstborn a sweet epistle to acknowledge his birthday.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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One of the earliest witnesses to the spread of Christianity, the codex features the first epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN,
3 Apr. 2024
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The league has also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that covers information sharing and efforts to protect the integrity of the game.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Under his administration, Austin has formalized new relationships with cities in Korea and Thailand and signed a memorandum of understanding with a city in Singapore.—
Chaya Tong,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
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Among the signatories to the missive, which was organized by the Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) are artists Sophia Al-Maria, Yto Barrada, Merriam Bennani, Alfredo Jaar, Tal Shani, and Cauleen Smith.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 Mar. 2026
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Spilka and Mariano did not immediately respond to the Herald’s requests for comment on Tuesday about the missive from Reading.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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Weeks earlier, the same two employees told the I‑Team they had been hired to open mail and scan documents and were unaware of the fraud allegations or arrest of the man who ran the company.—
Brian New,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Of those, 41,212 voters had voted early in-person, per the DuPage County Clerk’s Office, while 35,966 mail-in ballots had been received and verified.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The beaches are golden and flat—the very postcard of a Mediterranean summer—split into sections by rocky outcrops that jut between them.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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Ahead, 20 properties to book for your next postcard-perfect getaway.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2026
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Hadi shared his dispatches with me at great risk.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Yanagisawa played a key role in Japan's dispatch of troops to Iraq, but has since become a critic of Japan's military buildup.—
Anthony Kuhn,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Billet-doux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billet-doux. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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