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open letter

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Recent Examples of open letter Loretta Claiborne, chief inspiration officer for the Special Olympics — the world’s largest sporting organization for people with intellectual disabilities — addressed Rock’s use of the slur in an open letter shared earlier this week. Kate Reilly, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025 In response, hundreds of actors signed an open letter condemning the decision, including Paapa Essiedu, who is slated to play Severus Snape in the upcoming HBO Max television adaptation of Harry Potter. Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025 An open letter calling for the prohibition of the development of superintelligent AI was announced on Wednesday, with the signatures of more than 700 celebrities, AI scientists, faith leaders, and policymakers. Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 Oct. 2025 Sanborn also confirmed the existence of a K5 in an open letter published this past August. Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for open letter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for open letter
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
Noun
  • Trump has in fact sent a letter threatening legal action to the BBC, the corporation confirmed.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
  • One letter obtained by WGME starts by expressing condolences for the passing of an individual.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to first-class stamps, the price hike will affect metered letters (from 69 cents to 74 cents), international postage (from $1.65 to $1.70) and domestic postal cards (from 56 cents to 62 cents).
    David Chiu, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The letter wasn’t just junk mail.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There’s something freeing and peaceful when things are in their place, the kitchen bar is free of junk mail and dishes are off countertops, stacked in the dishwasher.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • In a sentencing memorandum and in court on Friday, Van Demark said Bonillo, who rose to the rank of sergeant while in the Army, originally joined CBP in December 2021 but left six months later for a more lucrative job with a private company.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The department is budgeted for about 1,800 officers, according to a city memorandum.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Snoop, who delighted audiences with his dispatches from the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, will be back on his ring game next month as a roving correspondent for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
  • And for The New Yorker, Eric Lach’s election night dispatch considers the hills ahead.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • As a proud dad, the 38-year-old wrote his firstborn a sweet epistle to acknowledge his birthday.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 7 Feb. 2025
  • One of the earliest witnesses to the spread of Christianity, the codex features the first epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • The California redistricting measure is expected to pass, after Democrats built a massive mail vote lead.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Assemblymember Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, authored the 2021 law to make California a vote-by-mail state.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Open letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open%20letter. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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