: a written communication : letter
wrote a lengthy missive to her father
Examples of missive in a Sentence
She received yet another lengthy missive from her father.
the two old friends like to fire off missives filled with good-natured teasing and mock insults
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The optics of Gascón’s social media missives have greatly changed the conversation and optics on the film.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
What began as a series of missives decrying Trump’s executive orders grew into a campaign to track sightings of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in pursuit of undocumented migrants.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
The prison does not allow inmates to post on X, but a person familiar with its inner workings told me the prison believes Barnett’s missives are being posted for him by someone on the outside.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Not long after the Megan-Nicki skirmish, Ice Spice and Latto sent light-skinned missives at each other.
—Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
What began as a series of missives decrying Trump’s executive orders grew into a campaign to track sightings of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in pursuit of undocumented migrants.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
The prison does not allow inmates to post on X, but a person familiar with its inner workings told me the prison believes Barnett’s missives are being posted for him by someone on the outside.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Not long after the Megan-Nicki skirmish, Ice Spice and Latto sent light-skinned missives at each other.
—Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Missive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missive. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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