as in letter
a message on paper from one person or group to another
the two old friends like to fire off missives filled with good-natured teasing and mock insults
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Further stirring the pot is the appearance of an FBI agent (Jenna Elfman) who starts snooping around into missives about Vines’ death.
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
With conflicting missives emerging over what led to the deaths of the couple, the state of the on-going police probe will be revealed later Friday in a press conference, the Santa Fe Sheriff’s office said today.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
The missives the killer leaves at the scene of each crime are revealed to be lines lifted from the poetry of the great Argentine writer Alejandra Pizarnik.
—Katie Kitamura, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The second such missive about MSNBC in the past few days isn’t a new refrain for the President, but also comes at a moment of transition for the cable channel.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
With conflicting missives emerging over what led to the deaths of the couple, the state of the on-going police probe will be revealed later Friday in a press conference, the Santa Fe Sheriff’s office said today.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
The missives the killer leaves at the scene of each crime are revealed to be lines lifted from the poetry of the great Argentine writer Alejandra Pizarnik.
—Katie Kitamura, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The second such missive about MSNBC in the past few days isn’t a new refrain for the President, but also comes at a moment of transition for the cable channel.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for missive
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“Missive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missive. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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