1
as in similarity
a point which two or more things share in common
the correspondence in hair color is about all that the siblings have in common
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2
as in resemblance
the quality or state of having many qualities in common
the best friends' correspondence in looks is so striking that they could pass for twins
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as in mail
communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system
piles of unanswered correspondence littered the office of the reclusive author
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Recent Examples of correspondence
More than 77% of fiscal year 2023 audits occurred via correspondence, the IRS reported.
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Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2025
The lawyer’s own crisis publicist briefly included Wallace in correspondence during the 2024 reporting of a THR profile that Freedman considered adversarial.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Look for that check in correspondence from MediaNews Group in the coming weeks.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
That is followed, when available, by typed and handwritten correspondence between the censors and the applicants (usually the play’s hopeful and ingratiating producers).
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
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Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2025
The lawyer’s own crisis publicist briefly included Wallace in correspondence during the 2024 reporting of a THR profile that Freedman considered adversarial.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Look for that check in correspondence from MediaNews Group in the coming weeks.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
That is followed, when available, by typed and handwritten correspondence between the censors and the applicants (usually the play’s hopeful and ingratiating producers).
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for correspondence
Noun
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Ottawa Senators forward Ridley Greig had some similarities to Lardis in his NHLe scores, but Greig benefited from being listed at 5-11 in the system.—
Scott Powers,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Maryland isn’t known for its similarity to the Italian countryside.—
Mary Forgione,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Reaching lengths of as many as 40 feet long, these reptiles had long necks, broad bodies, and flat flippers, resulting in a loose resemblance to a modern-day sea turtle, both in terms of their looks and their methods of movement.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
10 Feb. 2025
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Burton was replaced by Seán McGirr at McQueen and Trotter followed Matthieu Blazy at Bottega—men who, a popular meme pointed out, bear a striking resemblance to each other and to at least a handful of other on-the-rise white male designers.—
Nicole Phelps,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail.—
Juan Peña,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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According to the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service, paper refund checks sent by mail are 16 times more likely to have an issue—including getting lost, being misdirected, stolen or uncashed.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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His wife and mother of his child, would-be employers and mentors and a representative from anti-gun violence program Save Our Streets all wrote letters to the judge.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2025
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After more than a decade of trauma for the parents and a pair of lawsuits, Dr. Osbourne finally walked back the controversial suicide finding in a letter to a Pennsylvania court last month.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Correspondence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspondence. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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