: 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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Why did the singer, fiercely private, go so public in his support of Donald Trump during his final years, posting furious MAGA missives that horrified many longtime friends and fans?
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025
More than 700,000 people have sent close to six million missives to legislators through the platform.
—Kate Morgan, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
The optics of Gascón’s social media missives have greatly changed the conversation and optics on the film.
—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
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025
More than 700,000 people have sent close to six million missives to legislators through the platform.
—Kate Morgan, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
The optics of Gascón’s social media missives have greatly changed the conversation and optics on the film.
—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
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“Missive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missive. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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