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open letter

noun

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as in electronic mail

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Recent Examples of open letter It was preceded by an open letter in which a lot of people proposed the same thing. — Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026 Twenty-five Fields Medalists have signed an open letter criticizing the growing push by AI companies to solve famous mathematical problems as demonstrations of model capability. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026 In July, nearly 1,400 AI company employees signed an open letter urging the US government to regulate the technology to rein in Big Tech and slow the pace of AI to ensure its safety. — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 In their open letter defending Ruffalo, the progressive Jewish cohort argued the actor was right to draw links between Israel’s behavior and the merger. — Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 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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Haitians in Springfield were among the first to receive ICE check-in letters after TPS ended and many were fitted with ankle monitors, the Miami Herald reported.

— Lauren Costantino September 19, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026
Critics of Prop 40 have also warned California’s levy is unlikely to be a one-time deal, and the letter sees a similar levy on billionaires elsewhere.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 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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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill claimed school board members tried to extort her into resigning in a memorandum Hill sent to board members Wednesday.

— Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
In a sentencing memorandum, Johnson’s attorneys asked for a 10-year sentence for the murder charge and a 3-year sentence for the armed criminal action charge.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of memorandum

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Not one to waste time, Wong posted her first dispatch about the voyage while still enroute to China.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Also, because the threat was able to be confirmed in real time, the emergency dispatch queued the event as a priority crime in progress rather than a low-priority unverified alarm and saved the day.

— Robert Messer, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 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

Trump has opposed mail voting and blamed fraud associated with mail voting for his 2020 election loss.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
As promulgated last month, ballots must use envelopes with an election-mail logo that can to be scanned using high-speed processing equipment and contain a barcode unique to each voter.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of mail

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The two ex-NFL signees who joined LSU’s fall camp roster amid a legal fight but were not rostered for games cannot visit or join an NFL team this season, the league told its teams in a Wednesday memo obtained by The Athletic.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Instead, the memo said those claims should be submitted only to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which oversees the housing of unaccompanied minors.

— Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of memo

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