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Examples of addressee in a Sentence
The addressee no longer lives here, so I've returned the letter to the post office.
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But the real addressees of Putin's message were in Kyiv, Washington and London.
—Mark Trevelyan and Andrew Osborn, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
The Daily Telegram, which covered the hearing, said the lawsuit was delivered by certified mail to a residence Combs owns in Los Angeles; but, the judge said it was not mailed for restricted delivery to the addressee as required by the court rules for serving a lawsuit by mail.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2024
Those early emails were about as private as thumbtacking a note to your addressee on the lab bulletin board.
—PCMAG, 25 June 2024
The addressees are not always ordinary voters: officials could be singled out for subtle nudges, too.
—Katie Joseff, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2020
While information said to include addressees, dates of birth, health insurance information, medical record numbers, patient account numbers and the names and dates of treatments were taken, Scripps said medical records remained private.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
The intended addressee is unknown.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
The movement of the hand that holds the pen; the imprint of ink upon paper; the dignity and intimacy of the individual letter, written for a particular addressee (and hence so different from a blog or social-media post), without thought of other readers.
—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
Put addressee’s name and address inside the package.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
First Known Use
1810, in the meaning defined above
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“Addressee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/addressee. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
addressee
noun
ad·dress·ee
ˌad-ˌres-ˈē
ə-ˌdres-ˈē
: one to whom mail is addressed
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