as in letters
an official writing from the Pope to the Roman Catholic bishops
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Noun
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My hope is that a lot of people who write to the column will re-read their letters in 10 years and feel differently.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2025 -
The president’s decision to block the deal came after a federal committee reviewing the transaction opted to not make a formal recommendation about whether the takeover should be allowed to proceed, according to letters sent to the companies and the White House last month.—
Alan Rappeport,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Their likeness might be hacked from marble columns, their pronouncements annulled and their names scratched from public record.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
20 Dec. 2024
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Media coverage pretty much skipped past that portion and went straight to the more exciting pronouncements.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
8 Dec. 2024
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Capture your audience's attention with smarter emails, Slacks, memos, and reports.—
João Cotter Salvado
Donal Crilly,
Harvard Business Review,
3 Jan. 2025
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In a nutshell, while the law firm did not have to turn over client memos, notes and files, it was still required to identify the relevant clients, who invariably were audited by the IRS.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, lawmakers and people attend a rally to condemn South Korean President’s surprise declarations of the martial law last night and to call for his resignation, at the national assembly in Seoul, South Korea December 4, 2024.—
Shafi Musaddique,
CNBC,
17 Dec. 2024
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As the moon clashes with Venus, passionate declarations make things a bit awkward.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
11 Dec. 2024
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More important, strict directives prioritize box-checking over holistic growth.—
Ilana Masad,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2025
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As with al-Qaida, the directives devolved by ISIS in propaganda tailored to incite violence here in the West emphasize killing as many people as possible.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Encyclicals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encyclicals. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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