: 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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And some audiences have carved out room in their media-on-media diet for missives with less frequency launched by upstarts such as Semafor and Puck.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
Just that morning, Bohlen had opened an urgent private missive from his close colleague George Kennan in Moscow.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
Without prompting, two Biden aides separately compared recent missives from senior staff to North Korean government propaganda.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 20 July 2024
Anderson doesn’t name any commissioners in his missive.
—Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 1 July 2024
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
Just that morning, Bohlen had opened an urgent private missive from his close colleague George Kennan in Moscow.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
Without prompting, two Biden aides separately compared recent missives from senior staff to North Korean government propaganda.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 20 July 2024
Anderson doesn’t name any commissioners in his missive.
—Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 1 July 2024
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“Missive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missive. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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