How to Use correspondence in a Sentence

correspondence

noun
  • Note the correspondence of each number to a location on the map.
  • The two men began a correspondence that would continue throughout their lives.
  • A book of the author's personal correspondence was published early last year.
  • A formal tone is always used in business correspondence.
  • Sometimes there is little correspondence between the way a word is spelled and the way it is pronounced in English.
  • Sometimes there are few correspondences between spelling and pronunciation.
  • E-mail correspondence has become extremely important for modern businesses.
  • They communicated by telephone and correspondence.
  • That call set in motion a correspondence with the would-be serial killer that lasted for almost three years.
    Anthony Venditti, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2022
  • This gem of a correspondence — the year it was written not yet pinned down — is now quite literally a national treasure.
    Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • But Blaney ordered him to turn over any correspondence between his office and other agencies involved in the issue, as a way to get to the fuller list.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Bring whatever correspondence, bank statements and invoices are necessary to back up your claim.
    Levi King, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • From that unlikely beginning sprang an unusual friendship and a correspondence that has lasted for decades.
    Martin Wolk, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
  • According to her will, the family correspondence was to remain private for 20 years after her death.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Personal correspondence with prospects is crucial in many industries.
    Yec, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The woman is accused of soaking papers in legal correspondence, which is exempt from normal inspection routines.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The rationales are critical mass, economy of scale and the correspondence of the geography of a problem with that of the agencies meeting the challenge.
    Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Here’s to the week ahead, and don’t hesitate to reach out with comments, questions, feedback, joy, or the secret correspondence between Musk and Bezos.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 24 Nov. 2024
  • All the correspondence went to the clerk's office, and was not sent on to the judge.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Some kinds of correspondence must be kept for at least a year.
    Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This is not the first public correspondence that the Band and the oil giant have had this year.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2024
  • That is where the correspondence came to an end, Ms. Gadar and Mr. Gallagher said.
    Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Buckingham Palace's correspondence team has been hard at work since the death of the Queen.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Carr explained in the Q&A that the fans interviewed for the film and who shared their correspondence agreed to do so to help catch the culprit.
    Karen Bliss, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Clock said the city has not received any formal correspondence from the state.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • On the other side of the correspondence is the spectrum of frequencies of the sine waves — that is, their pitches.
    Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 19 July 2024
  • Even in his private correspondence, Baldwin believed in the power of the word to change the world.
    Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2024
  • But the correspondences also show the gap left by their absence.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Here and there on the walls were old Trouser Press covers and correspondence.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The telegram to Friar Park provides the coda to the correspondence.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024

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