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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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Violators get warning letters before fines are given, and ultimately, water may be disconnected.
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The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters.
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The group’s open letter calls on Bonta to take action to thwart the Ellison expansion effort.
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The trend prompted moderate Democrats to sign an open letter denouncing socialism in their party.
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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.
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While hunkered down in the trenches of World War I, a Greek scholar translated some of Paul’s epistles.
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Lotte Shopping revealed in a corporate filing on Wednesday that the memorandum of understanding signed with Megabox parent company Contentree JoongAng to merge the two chains was terminated on June 30.
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Lotte Shopping, the retail conglomerate that controls Lotte Cinema operator Lotte Cultureworks, disclosed in a regulatory filing that its memorandum of understanding with Megabox parent Contentree JoongAng was terminated on June 30.
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The missive cites a slew of studies suggesting that AI software such as ChatGPT may atrophy critical thinking skills and creativity during the crucial developmental years of elementary and high school.
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The missive was signed by more than fifty current and former members of the House of Lords, among them Nicholas Soames, a grandson of Churchill.
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Post offices will, however, be open on Friday, July 3 and mail delivery will occur as normal.
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States can still count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a blow to Republicans who had pushed for stricter regulations.
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Road tripping in Europe is no longer just about scenic roads, mountain passes and postcard villages.
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That means they are increasingly being spotted in Rio’s postcard Guanabara Bay.
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Foley says the dispatch center continuously measures electrical demand and balances it with available supply.
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Advanced life support response Townsend, an independent journalist covering Capitol Hill, posted the audio from an EMS dispatch call to her X account on June 30.
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“Billet-doux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billet-doux. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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