missives

plural of missive
as in letters
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 missives Fresh off Jensen Huang sharing an open letter supporting open source last week, and the quasi-response from Anthropic's Dario Amodei, a pair of fresh missives made the rounds Tuesday. Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 29 July 2026 After the National Park Service initially removed the site's original displays, stories about the legal battle, anti-Trump messages, pro-preservation missives and the text from the original displays were taped up on the walls at the site. Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 21 July 2026 And unlike previous green-ink missives to FIFA, UEFA did not immediately retract this one, so Europe seems to mean it this time. Matt Slater, New York Times, 16 July 2026 The dashing soldier’s missives weren’t coming from Syria; they were being sent from Lagos, Nigeria. Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026 Heuermann wrote back, but hasn't responded to several follow-up missives from Jesperson, according to Toulon, who spoke to The Associated Press ahead of Heuermann’s sentencing Wednesday. ABC News, 13 June 2026 His missives inevitably become grist for that evening’s late-night shows. Steven Andreasen, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026 City officials hope the missives remind people of the global response of support Orlando received after the tragedy. Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2026 Up, down, left and right — mail missives were rocketing toward the center screen. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missives
Noun
  • This new era signifies the Levine’s transition from a non-collecting to a collecting institution, bringing in artifacts including photographs and personal letters.
    Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • Barrow County Sheriff's Office Investigator Jason Smith returned to the stand briefly on July 27 and testified that investigators directed Gray to write apology letters to family members of his victims as part of their interrogation.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    byDebbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2026
  • While hunkered down in the trenches of World War I, a Greek scholar translated some of Paul’s epistles.
    Robin Hoagland, Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2025

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“Missives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missives. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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