How to Use open letter in a Sentence

open letter

noun
  • In an open letter to the company, a citizens' group implored company executives to reconsider their decision to close the factory.
  • The singer wrote about the project in an open letter to fans.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Read the full open letter below.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This is an open letter to the Dolphins.
    — Greg Cote december 4, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The strong open letter is a unique step from a film festival.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Check out the full text of the open letter and its signatories here.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Lilly also called out the risks of these websites in its open letter.
    — Elaine Chen, STAT, 20 June 2024
  • The open letter to fans echoes offers made last week to both national teams.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Dozens of former staffers also came to her defense in an open letter last month.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • One week later, Gogue wrote an open letter declaring the case closed.
    — Jacob Shames, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Wyle was one of the 1,034 people who signed the open letter.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Variety was the first to report on the artists’ open letter.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Six months before the fire, a local tenant group had warned about fire risks in an open letter.
    — Time, 20 June 2025
  • An open letter signed by more than 380 people called for a boycott.
    — Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2022
  • This is a different story from the one that Chua told in her open letter.
    — Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 19 June 2021
  • The open letter isn't the first time that Hefner's friends and those from his past have come to his defense.
    — Anya Leon, PEOPLE.com, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Sinead O’Connor wrote an open letter to you after the video was released.
    — Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 31 May 2025
  • The open letter is the latest piece of backlash against Glazer’s speech.
    — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
  • In 1998, the group wrote an open letter calling for regime change in Iraq.
    — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Those interested in signing the open letter can click here.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Saturday, an open letter from Bengals alumni to this club, on the eve of the game.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2022
  • His comments came in an open letter to next week's summit of Arab leaders in Cairo.
    — CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Why is the word nowhere to be found at the encampments and the rallies or in the news reports and the op-eds and the open letters?
    — David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The open letter by the 10 activist groups called on tech companies to resist the new rules.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Ram’s late to the game with an EV truck, but this ‘open letter to the fanbase’ packs a ton of wild features.
    — Patrick George, The Verge, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The pledge was made public this morning with an open letter posted on Instagram.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Hundreds of employees sign an open letter opposing the deal.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 4 May 2026
  • The incident prompted his son, Trace, to pen an open letter calling for his father to seek help.
    — Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • How many employees does OpenAI have, and how many signed the open letter?
    — Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The band explained its decision in an open letter shared to Instagram.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 9 Feb. 2026

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