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as in similarities
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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as in mails
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 correspondences
The correspondences between Chopra and Epstein or their respective employees span from 2016 to 2019.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
The arrest was made on suspicion that Mountbatten-Windsor sent confidential information to Epstein in 2010, and comes after the release of correspondences between the men in the most recent collection of the Epstein files from the Department of Justice.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026
Within their correspondences between 2009 and 2015, Gelernter in one email appears to be recommending a then-student as part of his software startup.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Let this be your sign to enter into some ol’ fashioned pen-to-paper correspondences in 2026.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
That was only the tip of the iceberg of several cringeworthy correspondences between the two men.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
Kaplow constructed the crux of the Blue Moon story out of a series of correspondences between Hart and an unidentified Yale student named Elizabeth.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
Understanding symbolic interpretation as merely code-breaking is a popular fallacy, but the correspondences that underlay symbology are never one-to-one, but rather a complex, interlocking system of connotations and often contradictions across time periods and cultures.
—Literary Hub, 23 Dec. 2025
For the last 50 years, archivists have been cataloguing and preserving the naturalist’s lifetime of surviving correspondences, resulting in 30 volumes of edited material.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
Melina Khan, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
The arrest was made on suspicion that Mountbatten-Windsor sent confidential information to Epstein in 2010, and comes after the release of correspondences between the men in the most recent collection of the Epstein files from the Department of Justice.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026
Within their correspondences between 2009 and 2015, Gelernter in one email appears to be recommending a then-student as part of his software startup.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Let this be your sign to enter into some ol’ fashioned pen-to-paper correspondences in 2026.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
That was only the tip of the iceberg of several cringeworthy correspondences between the two men.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
Kaplow constructed the crux of the Blue Moon story out of a series of correspondences between Hart and an unidentified Yale student named Elizabeth.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
Understanding symbolic interpretation as merely code-breaking is a popular fallacy, but the correspondences that underlay symbology are never one-to-one, but rather a complex, interlocking system of connotations and often contradictions across time periods and cultures.
—Literary Hub, 23 Dec. 2025
For the last 50 years, archivists have been cataloguing and preserving the naturalist’s lifetime of surviving correspondences, resulting in 30 volumes of edited material.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correspondences
Noun
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But while their games have some similarities, their personalities on the court are polar opposites.—
Colby Gordon,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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But that’s where their similarities end.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Tyler has been embedded in the treasurer’s office, which calculates and mails out property tax bills, for years.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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First issue mails within 8 - 10 weeks.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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David Leach, the head of security, noted that a training program offered by the utility for technician jobs bears resemblances to Oakland’s cadet initiative.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2026
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For all the resemblances between the ancient incarceration system and our own, the differences are real.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The dispute led to months of lengthy meetings, a protest resignation and critical public letters from the districts against the village.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Witnesses at the scene gave police two letters of the license plate of the suspect vehicle.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Some use an an Android app that lets users outside the country act as a relay, allowing people inside Iran to route calls and messages through the outside internet connection and bypass government filtering.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Its stand against the use of AI for surveillance had ginned up an outpouring of support from fans, who wrote messages of encouragement in chalk outside its corporate headquarters.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Correspondences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspondences. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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