open letter
noun
: a published letter of protest or appeal usually addressed to an individual but intended for the general public
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In an open letter to the company, a citizens' group implored company executives to reconsider their decision to close the factory.
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Calls for change followed, starting with an open letter signed by 1,450 public figures in the newspaper Libération.
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Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
His publisher, Éditions Gallimard, launched a crowdsourcing fundraiser on Dec. 2 for his legal fees, and some 30 French writers who have won the Académie Française’s Grand Prix for fiction published an open letter calling for his release.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2024
The Fair Fencing Organization (FFO), which describes itself as a nationwide nonprofit organization, raised concerns over several issues in an open letter to USFA board members on Tuesday.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Bhattacharya was one of three authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, an October 2020 open letter maintaining that lockdowns were causing irreparable harm.
—Carla K. Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
His publisher, Éditions Gallimard, launched a crowdsourcing fundraiser on Dec. 2 for his legal fees, and some 30 French writers who have won the Académie Française’s Grand Prix for fiction published an open letter calling for his release.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2024
The Fair Fencing Organization (FFO), which describes itself as a nationwide nonprofit organization, raised concerns over several issues in an open letter to USFA board members on Tuesday.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Science & Medicine Why RFK Jr. nomination sets off alarms among many public health specialists
Nov. 16, 2024
Bhattacharya was one of three authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, an October 2020 open letter maintaining that lockdowns were causing irreparable harm.
—Carla K. Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Open letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20letter. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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