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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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In this letter, PSG claim that Mbappe offered to reduce (by €55m gross) the bonuses due for the 2023-24 season, as long as he was reinstated in the PSG squad.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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This voice and this language, and even these letters, so well ordered, arranged neatly one after the other, ants beaded across the floor, have been lent to Iñe-e, this being the only means available.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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More than 100 cyber and tech policy experts signed an open letter stating that Fable and Mythos, were essential tools for cyber defenders to find and patch vulnerabilities in their own systems and that these benefits outstripped the risk attackers might jailbreak Fable.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
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Sorsby’s decision was announced Monday night in an open letter by Cody Campbell, chairman of the Texas Tech board of regents.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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What to make of this skeevy epistle?—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
21 July 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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Madigan-Curtis contended that AI breakthroughs are compelling Washington to forge new regulatory frameworks in real time, such as the recent presidential memorandum on AI.—
Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
11 June 2026
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Instead, the National Park Service, which was handling the funds for the Interior Department, signed a memorandum of agreement with America250 in December to transfer $50 million to the group by February 1.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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The June 5 missive obtained by Deadline was responding to a White Paper the Teamsters submitted to the DOJ in March laying out concerns around the merger, which is awaiting a green light from the regulator.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
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The fact that no player had posted a tribute to the outgoing coach had raised some eyebrows until Van Dijk posted his own brief missive on social media.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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She was sentenced in October 2014 to 15 months in prison after striking a deal with prosecutors and agreeing to plead guilty to mail, wire and bank fraud for falsifying statements on loan applications.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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The Smyrna city government alerted residents about the ongoing impacts the FIFA World Cup may be having on mail delivery in the area.—
CBS News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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In the finale, Cooper Howard’s wife Barb leaves a postcard in the cryo-chamber, which indicates that perhaps The Ghoul’s family are safe.—
The Deadline Team,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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The soldier's postcard proved to be a crucial piece of evidence that helped British government researchers establish his identity and ultimately linked Joe's family with another, estranged, branch of the Whitaker family.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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Residents can contact Denver Animal Protection dispatch at 720-913-2080.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Not exactly anthology but hardly contiguous narrative, Koosha’s film works best as a kind of dispatch from a troubled moment, giving us human snippets to understand what can be an abstract violence.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Billet-doux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billet-doux. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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