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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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The letter placed at his door Friday admonished him for that vote and called on him to vote against cuts to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and public education when Congress returns to Washington, D.C., in September.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Aug. 2025
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In Tarrant County overall, more than third of the public school campuses — 35% — saw improvements in their letter grades, according to the Commit Partnership.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Aug. 2025
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As recently as July, a bipartisan group of 88 prominent economists and policy leaders addressed an open letter to Congress that called for major changes –highlighting the need to adopt more modern, technologically sophisticated approaches to data collection and analysis.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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His post came a day after Republican Sen. Tom Cotton sent an open letter to Intel’s board raising questions about Tan’s connections to semiconductor firms that are allegedly linked to the Chinese government and military.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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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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In May, Qualcomm signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabian artificial intelligence firm Humain to develop data centers.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
7 Aug. 2025
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Numerous fashion industry trade associations, trade unions and legal authorities have signed the non-legally binding memorandum.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The two conservatives running for governor of Massachusetts ramped up attacks this month on each other’s past work and credibility, including in dueling missives that paint different pictures of the race to become the Republican nominee for the state’s executive office.—
Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
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In his missive, Olney made suggestions for how the Red Sox could rebuild the trust that has been lost in New England.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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The man was arrested and booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City on charges of burglary and mail theft.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Customers may also receive interactions from legitimate customer service representatives via email, phone call or physical mail.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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This postcard from the 1960s might be most notable for what’s not pictured on it.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
13 Aug. 2025
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Bill Madden — a New York Daily News writer who also worked with Donruss and keenly followed the collectibles business — knew of Perez’s Hall of Fame postcards and thought something similar could work for Donruss.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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According to the dispatch call on the day of his death, police and medics were called to Hogan's house in Clearwater Beach, Fla. at 9:51 a.m. for a person suffering cardiac arrest.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Although the magazine had published dispatches from brilliant war correspondents, including Janet Flanner, it was still widely considered a weightless amusement.—
Jane Mayer,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Billet-doux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billet-doux. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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