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as in similarity
a point which two or more things share in common
the correspondence in hair color is about all that the siblings have in common
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2
as in resemblance
the quality or state of having many qualities in common
the best friends' correspondence in looks is so striking that they could pass for twins
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3
as in mail
communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system
piles of unanswered correspondence littered the office of the reclusive author
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Recent Examples of correspondence
That turned into a decade-long correspondence and Lowery recently funded a local screening of Real Life at the Texas Theatre.
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Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025
The collection consists of more than 40,000 objects, including early correspondence between Ray and Charles, artwork that predates their meeting, prototypes and process materials, industrial products and personal effects.
—Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
As contracts and correspondence traveled back and forth across the miles, the postal service served as the connective tissue of Western expansion, carrying news of engagements and growing families, of business booms and busts.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Letters Home premiered as part of the Women’s Project at New York’s American Place Theatre in 1979 and dramatized the correspondence between Plath and her mother.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
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Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025
The collection consists of more than 40,000 objects, including early correspondence between Ray and Charles, artwork that predates their meeting, prototypes and process materials, industrial products and personal effects.
—Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
As contracts and correspondence traveled back and forth across the miles, the postal service served as the connective tissue of Western expansion, carrying news of engagements and growing families, of business booms and busts.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Letters Home premiered as part of the Women’s Project at New York’s American Place Theatre in 1979 and dramatized the correspondence between Plath and her mother.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for correspondence
Noun
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In addition to similarities in appearance, the young cowbirds are drawn to the chattering noises of adult female cowbirds (read more here).—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Modi and Trump are populists with ideological similarities and had previously campaigned for each other.—
Salil Tripathi,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The violent scene the world watched in those videos bears little resemblance to the violence Cincinnati police officers most often encounter on patrol, and the rhetoric on social media about soaring crime rates and rampaging mobs doesn’t reflect short- or long-term trends in the city’s crime data.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
14 Aug. 2025
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The hero image from magazine’s most recent issue bears an uncanny resemblance to the now former editor-in-chief’s first cover at the helm of American Vogue.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes.com,
14 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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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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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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The letters were signed by HJC chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), the latter of whom chairs the subcommittee on the administrative state, regulatory reform and antitrust.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Correspondence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspondence. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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