: a written communication : letter
wrote a lengthy missive to her father
Examples of missive in a Sentence
She received yet another lengthy missive from her father.
the two old friends like to fire off missives filled with good-natured teasing and mock insults
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Scott Kelly, who skyrocketed to fame as a test pilot - first of jet fighters and then of the Space Shuttle - teamed up with two dozen other astronauts to send a missive to the leaders of the Senate space committee reviewing Isaacman’s anointment by the White House to head NASA.
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
For those of us who saw it on X or elsewhere, the missive did not at first seem anything out of the ordinary.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Now, Franklin was an avid trickster and no stranger to peculiar missives.
—Big Think, 10 Apr. 2025
And the long missive came shortly before trading in stock futures on Sunday evening pointed toward another bloody day in the markets on Monday.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2025
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
For those of us who saw it on X or elsewhere, the missive did not at first seem anything out of the ordinary.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Now, Franklin was an avid trickster and no stranger to peculiar missives.
—Big Think, 10 Apr. 2025
And the long missive came shortly before trading in stock futures on Sunday evening pointed toward another bloody day in the markets on Monday.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for missive
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“Missive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missive. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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