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noun

correspondence

CEFR B2

communication by the exchange of letters

In a sentence

Six example sentences with correspondence, each labelled with its topic.

  • Two decades of correspondence between the botanist and the editor survive in a single wooden box at the archive.

    History

  • The novelist's correspondence reveals plot arguments settled by post over months, long before either draft reached a publisher.

    Literature

  • The firm printed eight months of correspondence with the insurer, and the postmarks alone proved the claim arrived on time.

    Law

  • The two chemists kept up a correspondence for thirty years, testing each other's ideas by post before either published.

    Science

  • The painter's correspondence with his brother records the price of every canvas and the weather on every walk.

    Art

  • Descartes's correspondence with Princess Elisabeth pressed him harder on mind and body than any published critic.

    Philosophy

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