printed matters

noun

plural of printed matter
as in postal cards

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  1. letters
  2. messages
  3. cards
  4. postcards
  5. epistles
  6. dispatches
Noun
  • Arriaga’s relative brought her to Hemphill’s practice, Cuddle Kids Dental Care, after a teacher at Arriaga’s preschool suggested the girl might have a tongue tie due to her having issues with pronouncing certain letters, according to the warrant.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • Last summer, the administration sent letters to 17 drug companies with a list of demands.
    — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 16 July 2026
Definition of letters
Noun
  • Many of these messages relate to charging issues; others to positioning or obstacles.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
  • This includes identifying what messages resonate, where deals stall and how buyers respond over time, while giving teams the context to adapt in real time.
    — Tom Burke, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of messages
Noun
  • There are plenty of other cards with small spending requirements that earn 2% cash back everywhere.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • The leading 10 players from the European tour not already exempt earn PGA Tour cards for 2027, and Reed is virtually a lock.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of cards
Noun
  • The instructions even say that while packages are X-rayed, greeting cards and postcards are not, which is why the journalist chose to embed the tracker in a postcard.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of postcards
Noun
  • 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
  • While hunkered down in the trenches of World War I, a Greek scholar translated some of Paul’s epistles.
    — Robin Hoagland, Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2025
Definition of epistles
Noun
  • His jogging dispatches have become a fixture on LinkedIn with nearly 50 running videos filmed in the past year.
    — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • Davis, who beat back cancer for nearly a dozen years while producing policy-changing dispatches before a tumor reappeared this spring, died at the East Campus Medical Center at UC San Diego Health early Wednesday.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026
Definition of dispatches
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