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covering letter

British  

noun

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

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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

The covering letter, from a military intelligence officer at Whitehall, is addressed to the government's Director of Information, Lt Col John Buchan, author of The 39 Steps.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2017

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

Oh, and the time a woman emailed a covering letter for a job and instead of attaching her CV, accidentally attached this photo of Nicolas Cage instead.

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2014

We prepared a secret twenty-two-page document on the subject with a covering letter from myself to be sent to Lusaka.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela