cover letter
noun
a letter that accompanies another letter, a package, or the like, to explain, commend, etc.
cover letters
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pluralof cover letter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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An AI system he has been using to help craft résumés and cover letters suggested the move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The concern now is that AI is making that evaluation method less reliable—just as it has for cover letters, résumés and other job-application materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
“Interviewers have seen so much AI-generated everything, like cover letters and résumés, that they are default skeptics.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 11, 2026
More importantly, it was completely different from the traditional cover letters I had been writing.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
I put under your cover letters and newspapers for Mr. Carmichael and Mr. Barclay, which I pray you to contrive by some sure conveyances.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
