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missives

noun

plural of missive

as in letters

a message on paper from one person or group to another the two old friends like to fire off missives filled with good-natured teasing and mock insults

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Recent Examples of missives The prime minister and his supporters, for their part, have brushed off these missives. — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026 The platform has heard its users’ complaints about lengthy, generic missives never touched by human hands loud and clear. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wears his faith on his sleeve and shares it in legal opinions and threatening missives on state letterhead. — Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 Some like Bakhtiar and Marcus opt for dynamic color palettes and spicy missives, while others create self-deprecating mascots and smart brand collaborations. — Megan Sauer, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 In our era of incessant texting, the concept of these radio missives struck me as both archaic and romantic. — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Satenstein spent her years at Vogue writing about all things vintage—dashing off missives about everything from must-have pieces from Tom Ford’s Gucci to Nicolas Ghesquière’s legendary Balenciaga era. — Irene Kim, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026 Other online missives expressed optimism, but many revealed some combination of grief, confusion, and fear. — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026 The Sherwood Forest Zine Library occupies an Austin living room, and includes dozens and dozens of print missives on everything from capitalism to magick. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

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Conrad apparently didn’t know about the fevered 1952 letters to Breit.

— Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
The exhibition draws largely from the museum’s collection of photographs, film, period newspapers, letters and personal accounts to reconstruct the storm and what happened to Miami afterward.

— Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 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
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

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