as in letter
a message on paper from one person or group to another
the two old friends like to fire off missives filled with good-natured teasing and mock insults
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Recent Examples of missive
An eclectic mix of Web3-native headlines, from sales stats to upcoming events to brief artist shout outs, make this missive a must-read for any follower of the tokenized digital art community.
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Ana María Caballero, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Deadline contacted Pearlman to ask why his LinkedIn missive was removed within hours of being published on Wednesday.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
While blotting soldiers’ letters one day, Julia comes across a missive from Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), a lieutenant on the Western Front.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
She is also known for the message of body positivity in her social-media missives.
—Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
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Ana María Caballero, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Deadline contacted Pearlman to ask why his LinkedIn missive was removed within hours of being published on Wednesday.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
While blotting soldiers’ letters one day, Julia comes across a missive from Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), a lieutenant on the Western Front.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
She is also known for the message of body positivity in her social-media missives.
—Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for missive
Noun
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Additionally, the letter calls on Congressional support for the European Union to overturn its ban on Sulfuryl Fluoride, a pesticide used to fumigate Southern Yellow Pine wood chips on breakbulk cargo ships.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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The European clinical trial, involving researchers from UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital, found that 84% of participants could once again recognize letters, numbers, and words using the device.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 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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One of the earliest witnesses to the spread of Christianity, the codex features the first epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN,
3 Apr. 2024
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“Missive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missive. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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