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covering letter

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noun

  1. an accompanying letter sent as an explanation, introduction, or record

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lots of places still ask for a CV and a covering letter when you're applying for a job.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2023

Governments have been invited to give their "feedback" to the draft before Sept. 6, according to a covering letter sent to the United Nations by Chinese environment minister Huang Runqiu.

From Reuters • Aug. 27, 2021

Part of the covering letter reads: The Ramones all originate from Forest Hills.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2016

A covering letter showed that she’d arranged to sign these in front of the lawyer a few days later.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2015

Your covering letter was admirably reticent, but you did hint that you had almost no free time at present.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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