noun
Etymology
Origin of letterhead
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Example Sentences
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Roberts leveraged the connections from his clerkship into a job in President Ronald Reagan’s Department of Justice, submitting his application on Supreme Court letterhead and dropping Rehnquist’s name as a reference.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
It purported to be from a barristers' chambers called 7BR, which told the BBC it had "reported this incident to the police on the basis that someone appears to have fraudulently misused the 7BR letterhead".
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
According to the report, the additional $30,000 “fee” was then presented as a “cost… to equip international students with basic and advanced research skills,” accompanied by invoices and letters with the School of Dentistry letterhead.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025
The letter was written on official-looking state letterhead and stamped with a fake Pennsylvania seal.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024
Removing the piece of string that hung from his finger, he dug into the drawer again and found a sheet of paper with a Levy Pants letterhead.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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