covering letter

noun

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

Example Sentences

We have transmitted that with a covering letter to the Bureau of the Budget.

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Having selected a suitable editor, you send him your contribution accompanied by a covering letter.

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Before concluding the question of the covering letter I must mention the sad case of my friend Halibut.

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Maclise's covering letter was an apotheosis, to be rendered only in fac-simile.

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They were accompanied by a covering letter addressed to myself.

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