How to Use open letter in a Sentence

open letter

noun
  • In an open letter to the company, a citizens' group implored company executives to reconsider their decision to close the factory.
  • The singer wrote about the project in an open letter to fans.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Read the full open letter and see the list of signees below.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Ram’s late to the game with an EV truck, but this ‘open letter to the fanbase’ packs a ton of wild features.
    Patrick George, The Verge, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The open letter is the latest piece of backlash against Glazer’s speech.
    Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But the open letter called on the Justice Department to drop the Espionage Act charges.
    Charlie Savage, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2022
  • How many employees does OpenAI have, and how many signed the open letter?
    Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • In the future, the lawyers wrote in an open letter, Signal or WhatsApp could be targeted.
    Matt Burgess, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Ariana Grande and Gabrielle Union are among the ones who signed an open letter denouncing book bans.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The Institute contacted some of the members who signed the open letter, which was published online on 29 March.
    IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Jon Dean, superintendent of the Grosse Pointe schools, mourned the loss of his district’s former students in an open letter.
    John Flesher, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Some 383 writers have signed an open letter condemning the attacks and blasting the WGA for failing to issue a statement.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
  • About 50 more individuals have added their names since the open letter was first published.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024
  • In an open letter to writers and producers published in Daily Variety, Arnaz urged the sides to find a way forward for the greater good.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 July 2023
  • Geoffrey Hinton sounded the alarm earlier this year, and an open letter called for a pause in the development of LLMs.
    Arun Shastri, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
  • But in an open letter in August, a group of 35 scientists warned against attributing human traits to the animals.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The year prior, Tifrere wrote an open letter to Keys on Twitter, publicly accusing the singer of breaking up her family.
    Vandana Pawa, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In an open letter to Mr. Cardona, the publication defended the rankings and called for law schools to release even more data.
    Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Manchester United Supporters’ Trust wrote in an open letter to the Glazers this week.
    James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Desi Arnaz poured his heart out in an open letter to the industry while Lew Wasserman worked the numbers quietly behind the scenes.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 July 2023
  • In an open letter published with Billboard’s Pride cover story in June, Morris hinted at her departure from the genre.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Although gym owners and upper management were informed of the threats, according to the open letter, staff members did not learn about them until Oct. 25.
    Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In July 2021, Phillips published an open letter in Barbados Today under the headline pay up, mr. drax.
    Time, 6 July 2023
  • Later that month, there was an open letter signed by more than 350 of them — executives, researchers, and engineers working in AI.
    Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2023
  • In November, Kathleen Hanna and her bandmates signed an open letter of musicians calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
    Allison Hussey, Pitchfork, 11 Dec. 2023
  • In an open letter to his flock Thursday, Bishop Douglas Lucia acknowledged the settlement will be a heavy lift for his diocese.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 28 July 2023
  • And many who signed the open letter think the AI industry has an outsize influence in shaping major relevant events such as the Bletchley Park summit.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Evers and Baldwin made the call in a Feb. 29 open letter about the conflict between the tribe and the non-tribal town of Lac du Flambeau over non-tribal residents using certain roads on the reservation.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Student advocacy groups named in the open letter said no one from the university tried to speak to Harriott or others involved in the incident.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
  • On Thursday, more than 700 figures from the entertainment industry signed an open letter to condemn Hamas and demand the safe return of hostages being held in Gaza.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023

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