covering letter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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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