Thesaurus results for OPEN LETTER

open letter

noun

Definition of open letter

as in electronic mail

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Recent Examples of open letter Huang posted an open letter, which argued that open-weight models allow companies greater control over their future, spur competition and bring down pricing. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026 Calls for independent review Monday’s open letter is just the latest shot fired at the beleaguered governing body. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 More than 580 Google employees, including senior DeepMind researchers, later signed an open letter urging Pichai to reconsider the deal, citing concerns around autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 Channel 4 has announced yet another controversial documentary asking whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental condition or a social construct, prompting an open letter from ADHD UK. — Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 7 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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In a letter to university leadership, two Republican lawmakers urged the UC system to move quickly to reinstate the use of SAT and ACT scores in undergraduate admissions.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026
A couple days ago, as the media frenzy continued, Wolff decided to release full letters that Harp had sent to Trump during his last Presidential campaign, missives that had reportedly alarmed the Secret Service.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of letter

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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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This week, a sixty-day deadline for the United States and Iran to resolve larger differences—set in June as part of an earlier memorandum of understanding—elapsed with little fanfare.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026
Also last year, Shenghe Resources Holding signed a memorandum of understanding with Brazilian companies WEG Minerao and Fenrir do Brasil to pursue rare earth opportunities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of memorandum

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According to 911 dispatch audio obtained by TMZ, emergency responders referenced a possible overdose and cardiac arrest while responding to the call.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
According to unconfirmed dispatch reports, fire crews had to cut open the sedan to pull at least one person out.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of dispatch

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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

Noun

State officials said the packages were bundled in a way that appeared to be legal mail from an attorney.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
More recently, county voters approved Measure B, a controversial initiative requiring voter identification, hand-counting ballots and sharply limiting vote-by-mail options.

— Drew Askeland, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of mail

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In their memo, prosecutors described in detail how Spitze targeted a 12-year-old girl from an unidentified rural community.

— Mike Levine, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
In Axios, Alex Isenstadt published a memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee warning that anti-data center attacks have been effective for Ohio Democrats.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of memo

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