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open letter

noun

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as in electronic mail

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Recent Examples of open letter The collective added that its initial open letter – early signatories of which included Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, Nobel Prize-winning writer Annie Ernaux and directors Matteo Garrone and Isabel Coixet – had since garnered 1,000 signatures. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026 Huang recently coauthored an open letter on the importance of open weights to the AI economy. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026 An open letter about the piece, titled Diffuse Control (2025), calls into question the ethics of allowing Beeple to utilize images of artworks from the museum’s holdings. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 More than 1,300 of the top staffers at the major tech companies have signed an open letter asking for the government to create tools to help slow the pace of AI development, with support from the CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for open letter

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Noun

In response, seven former EEOC officials sent Lucas an open letter via electronic mail on March 18, 2025.

— Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Eight years later, AOL introduced its own version of electronic mail services, email addresses, a Windows version and access to the rest of the Internet for its users.

— Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025

Definition of electronic mail

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For other types of junk mail or promotional material, the United States Postal Service and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommend using the website DMAchoice to remove your name from a lot of the national marketing mail lists.

— Cody Godwin, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Older adults are particularly vulnerable to identity theft and other scams and are often advised to ignore junk mail and calls from telemarketers.

— Susan Jaffe, NPR, 6 July 2026

Definition of junk mail

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Nearby facilities support development Starfighters will gain access to Vaya’s propulsion laboratory and precision machining facility under the memorandum.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Those are some of the main items pertaining to working conditions that were codified in a memorandum of understanding between the NHL and NHL Players’ Association in June 2025.

— Chris Johnston, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of memorandum

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As Washington dispatches envoys and Ukraine hits a key Russian Black Sea naval base, both sides dig in for a grinding war that Zelensky warns must bring real consequences for Moscow.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
For common-sense dispatches from the frontier of ETF proliferation and smart portfolio construction, check out the X account and research pieces of Morningstar Research's Jeffrey Ptak.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026

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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
For example, in several Epistles, the apostle Paul speaks often about the Christian hope in God through Jesus Christ.

— Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2026

Definition of epistle

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Whether a doctor sends it to you via mail or hands it to you in their office, mifepristone is safe and effective.

— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
These included rolling back childhood vaccine requirements, threatening to demolish the Kennedy Center, and attacking mail-in voting.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of mail

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The memo cited a Law Department estimate of about 35,000 potential plaintiffs — roughly 10,000 of whom were expected to file claims — as a result of the September 11 attacks and outlined legislative options to limit the city’s legal liability.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Maybe Western Michigan can print out the memo and hang it in its locker room.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of memo

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