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covering letter

British  

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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"Every time you've got to send an letter explaining the reason I'm late," he said, adding that he was spending about £9 each time to send a covering letter.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2025

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

He delivered the report to Roosevelt on November 27, with a covering letter stating that he was forming an engineering team and accelerating all other necessary research.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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