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Recent Examples of billet-doux
Only one painting, The Love Letter (on loan from the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands), is explicitly identified as a billet-doux, but all three are suggestive of interior dramas; secret vulnerabilities and joys; two selves reaching toward one another.
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billet-doux
Noun
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Muller also indicated there were even more crimes — but only teased the details in his letters.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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With the names of the two Kansas Cities firmly established over time, complaints about their dullness or geographical inaccuracy were largely confined to letters to the editor.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Additional signees of the new open letter include John Legend, Brandi Carlile, Hannah Einbinder, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, Wunmi Mosaku, Billy Porter, Keke Palmer, Hasan Minhaj, Katie Couric, Susan Sarandon and dozens more.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2026
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Prominent Jesuit High School alumni — including developers Angelo and Kyriakos Tsakopoulos — issued an open letter pressuring the school to reverse its decision to go co-ed in fall 2027.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As a proud dad, the 38-year-old wrote his firstborn a sweet epistle to acknowledge his birthday.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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One of the earliest witnesses to the spread of Christianity, the codex features the first epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN,
3 Apr. 2024
Noun
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On Tuesday, Syre announced a memorandum of understanding with ABB, the Swedish-Swiss tech giant that specializes in electrification and automation—both critical to running the plant.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The partnership comes as Barunson E&A has been broadening its involvement in earlier-stage development, most recently through a memorandum of understanding with Studio N to develop projects rooted in webtoon and web novel IP.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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What is missing from Davidson’s missive is a single word, even a syllable, that acknowledges what three-fourths of the world’s nations, the UN and the International Court of Justice have labeled Israeli war crimes in Gaza.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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As Martin recounts in her 2023 coffee-table missive Mamma Milano, the brand’s ethereal ethos was there from the start.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The president cast his ballot by mail in a March 24 special election in Florida.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Any potential winner will be notified by mail, email and/or telephone.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Tyre, the country’s fifth-largest city and a normally bustling beach town with postcard-perfect views of the Mediterranean, has become a sanctuary of last resort even as the specter of a long-term Israeli occupation looms over south Lebanon.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Above, the hazy silhouettes of Mumbai’s suburban high rises — a view of the postcard metropolis of the movies.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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The driver in the silver Ford was found unconscious, according to CHP dispatch logs.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Police dispatch noticed a sound from Burks' radio and immediately sent help, Garcia said.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Billet-doux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billet-doux. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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