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open letter

noun

Definition of open letter

as in electronic mail

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Recent Examples of open letter In a March 25 open letter, a group of prominent Jesuit High School alumni criticized the board’s decision-making process as lacking transparency and independent review. — Chaewon Chung july 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 More than 5,000 entertainment industry workers have signed an open letter calling on Bonta to block the merger. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 Conflicting arguments The current head of Autostrade issued an open letter on ⁠Wednesday, restating the company’s commitment to ensure that such a tragedy is not repeated. — CNN Money, 16 July 2026 The writer-director wrote in his open letter that his brother experienced a manic episode in 2017 that eventually led to his death by suicide. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 16 July 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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Mark Zuckerberg, then Facebook’s chief executive, used the now-infamous line in a February 2012 investor letter.

— Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Over the weekend, Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, reaffirmed the country’s support for Hezbollah in a letter addressed to its leader Naim Qassem.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of letter

Noun

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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Battery scale evaluation Factorial has signed a memorandum of understanding with SK On to evaluate the production of its FEST solid-state battery technology using SK On’s existing lithium-ion battery manufacturing infrastructure.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026
The memorandum, released July 28 by watchdog group American Oversight, outlines how TSA and ICE can share passenger information and how that data is stored and used.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of memorandum

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The caller told dispatch that the animals’ owner had left Texas weeks prior, hadn’t returned and left the dogs to fend for themselves.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
The records include audio recordings of emergency dispatch calls, along with emails and text messages from high-ranking police officials.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 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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Smith remembers eating Spam three times a day while his father worked odd jobs, including driving a taxi, before eventually scraping together enough money to launch a mail-order hosiery business.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 July 2026
There could be a time crunch, however, as general election mail ballots would start being printed at the end of August.

— Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

Definition of mail

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Meanwhile, money that had been used for arts was redirected for other purposes, which were not described in the memo.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
From Big Four consulting frameworks to enterprise legal teams to countless internal memos about responsible AI, the idea that restricting data inputs is the foundation of AI governance has become the default assumption.

— Dmitriy Stepanov, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of memo

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