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- noun Plural form of
missive .
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Examples
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"One passed by, and another went halfway," Mr. Zamora wrote of the errant probes, in missives that gained him his nickname in the Chilean press.
Writing Home, 'New' Miners Emerge Matt Moffett 2010
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-- Turning to this weblog, I changed the tagline from "Where most of the fun is in the comments" to "Lobbing missives from the bunker since January, 2004."
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-- Turning to this weblog, I changed the tagline from "Where most of the fun is in the comments" to "Lobbing missives from the bunker since January, 2004."
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Editing these missives is always an amusing task when using an automatic spell checker.
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Editing these missives is always an amusing task when using an automatic spell checker.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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So no exciting food photos, no tasty missives from the hinterlands of the East coast.
You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » 2005 » July 2005
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Editing these missives is always an amusing task when using an automatic spell checker.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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So no exciting food photos, no tasty missives from the hinterlands of the East coast.
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When former generals, chiefs of staff, A-list actors, hip-hop moguls and magazine publishers offer you 500 word missives for free, why change up your formula to hush a few critics?
Raymond Leon Roker: In Defense of FREE: Why I Don't Care That Arianna Doesn't Pay Me 2009
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This reminded me of myself trolling internet sex sites, firing five-word missives to Adonises carved from clay, then grabbing my sagging stomach and thinking better of it, erasing my messages, erasing my profile, creating a new one the following day.
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