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open letter

noun

Definition of open letter

as in electronic mail

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Recent Examples of open letter More than 1,300 of the top staffers at the major tech companies have signed an open letter asking for the government to create tools to help slow the pace of AI development, with support from the CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Sunita Viswanath, executive director of Hindus for Human Rights, said her group is one of 61 interfaith and secular organizations that signed an open letter protesting Saturday’s event. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 The company wrote an open letter to its competitors, TikTok and YouTube, urging them to put the same measures in place. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 The appeal under the Venice4Palestine banner follows a similar open letter to the Venice film festival a year ago that has apparently yielded no tangible results for Gaza. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 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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But the lobbyist has doubled down on her criticism of McCuskey in a recent letter to Illinois’ four top legislative leaders and obtained by the Tribune.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
White formally declared for the draft in a letter sent to the WNBA league office by his attorney, former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz.

— Jackson Thompson , Patricia Babcock McGraw OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 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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As a consequence, the memorandum doesn’t address newer threats, such as drones.

— Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Pope Leo has spent the past year moving it through the bureaucratic steps needed to build it by creating a foundation, a memorandum with an Italian utility, and a joint commission.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

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Placer County sheriff’s deputies responding to the crash reported hearing small explosions from an eastbound vehicle carrying fuel that was involved in the collision, according to the dispatch logs.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
You’d address dispatch speed, delivery guarantees and the operational reality of your fulfillment process.

— Joshua George, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 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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But if the stay is lifted or overturned, USPS would require states to submit lists of mail ballot recipients and get approval for envelope and ballot designs with individualized barcodes.

— Peter Weber, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026
About 1,650 voters cast ballots in the special election Tuesday, including early voting and mail-in ballots.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

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