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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
Bert ended up not going on this vessel and not getting arrested with the WWII veterans that did, but Bert references this boat many times in correspondences and in his work.
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Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Even in the absence of any proven crime committed by Tisch, even in the naivest retelling or understanding of Tisch’s correspondences with Epstein, his unacceptable relationship with this man deserves censure.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Oppenheimer relied on past news stories about Blume, as well as a collection of her work and professional correspondences that are archived at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library and, probably most informatively, his own interviews with Blume and her friends and family.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The correspondences between Chopra and Epstein or their respective employees span from 2016 to 2019.
—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
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
Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Even in the absence of any proven crime committed by Tisch, even in the naivest retelling or understanding of Tisch’s correspondences with Epstein, his unacceptable relationship with this man deserves censure.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Oppenheimer relied on past news stories about Blume, as well as a collection of her work and professional correspondences that are archived at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library and, probably most informatively, his own interviews with Blume and her friends and family.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
The correspondences between Chopra and Epstein or their respective employees span from 2016 to 2019.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correspondences
Noun
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Investigators have pointed to similarities in timing and method, suggesting both attacks may have been linked.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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Jason Robertson isn’t quite Ralph Cox, but there are unnerving similarities, and there is nothing the Dallas Stars forward can do to change that reality.—
Mac Engel
April 21,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Prosecutors said Graves' body was partially wrapped in black garbage bags secured with duct tape, then rolled up in a rug alongside blankets, bags, pieces of mails, various items of clothing and trash.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
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The market cadence of the past few months has some uncomfortable resemblances to the early 2025 path leading up to that tariff-panic crescendo.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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Scientific papers are filled with acronyms — some little more than strings of letters, others carefully constructed to form recognizable words, like GANDALF (Gas AND Absorption Line Fitting) and MIAOW (Minimum Inertia Adaptive Optics Widget).—
Clarissa Brincat,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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Gerry Byrne, vice chairman of Variety parent company PMC and a longtime media business executive, will be recognized by his alma mater, New York’s Fordham University, with an honorary doctorate of humane letters at the school’s commencement ceremony on May 16.—
William Earl,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Expect sudden messages or changes in plans.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Google, LinkedIn and Wikipedia are among hundreds of websites and apps where Meta plans to capture employee keystrokes and mouse clicks as part of a project to train its artificial intelligence models, according to internal messages viewed by CNBC.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Correspondences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspondences. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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