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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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Wrapped around one side are 5-foot tall concrete capital letters, an excerpt of Obama’s 2015 speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march.—
Claire Savage,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
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Named after the first-ever postwoman west of the Mississippi, the Westman honors its history with love letters and postcards from decades past scattered throughout the property.—
Sierra Vandervort,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2026
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Shortly after, Altman was set to join Microsoft and hundreds of OpenAI employees signed an open letter threatening to quit if he wasn’t reinstated as CEO.—
Charles Pulliam-Moore,
The Verge,
23 June 2026
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The lawsuit notes that LeVota’s credit plan relies directly on pulling money back that had already been distributed to school districts — the same criticism identified by the dozen school districts behind the open letter.—
Ilana Arougheti
June 22,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
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The main theme of the letters over time emphasizes long-term value creation, but the epistles have drawn criticism from the political left and right.—
byDebbie Carlson,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Mar. 2026
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For example, in several Epistles, the apostle Paul speaks often about the Christian hope in God through Jesus Christ.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
20 Jan. 2026
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The memorandum signed by leaders of the United States and Iran sets the stage for negotiations over the two issues.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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To get agreement on just the 14-point memorandum took months.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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Levine’s missive comes amid an icy relationship with Hosseini, which has soured since the collapse of former University of Michigan President Santa Ono’s candidacy for the UF presidency.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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Heuermann wrote back, but hasn’t responded to several follow-up missives from Jesperson, according to Toulon, who spoke to The Associated Press ahead of Heuermann’s sentencing Wednesday.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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Any unsolicited contact about the estate, by phone, mail, or email, should be verified directly with your attorney before any response.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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Someone stole a check in a woman’s outgoing mail between June 8 and June 10.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
23 June 2026
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According to the settlement website, class members should have received an activation code on their postcard notice.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
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But behind that postcard is a people with deep roots, and those roots grew from resilience and the sea.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Platforms like ServiceTitan are creating comprehensive operating systems, automating dispatch, quoting, and payments.—
Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The capability allows operations and logistics leaders to ask questions about their delivery network in plain language and get answers from the same platform already managing route planning, dispatch, tracking, proof of delivery, and customer communication.—
Malana VanTyler,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
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“Billet-doux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billet-doux. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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