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addressee

[ad-re-see, uh-dre-see] / ˌæd rɛˈsi, ə drɛˈsi /




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In such a case, the apparent addressee is not the real addressee: the teacher is trying to pass on information indirectly to one or more other students.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023

“As the postal service we are always happy when the addressee gets the message,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2022

"If it's a prison term, then it's a prison term. It absolutely doesn't scare me," said the letter, shown to Reuters on condition the addressee remained anonymous.

From Reuters ● Apr. 11, 2022

Me & hubby gone through them parcel not there but no details on card about addressee or sender.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2021

The Korean language has no fewer than six different levels of conversational address, depending on the relationship between the addressee and the addresser: formal deference, informal deference, blunt, familiar, intimate, and plain.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Steps include blocking specific stations and IP addressees that consistently transmit false data.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

Lara Jean’s secret stash of unsent love letters to Josh and four other crushes winds up being mysteriously stamped and sent to the addressees.

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2018

They come from a tradition of “vinegar valentines,” which, as I wrote on the Vault in 2013, delivered a payload of burn to their unfortunate addressees.

From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2018

In some cases, the emails were part of long chains, on which Mrs. Clinton was copied at the beginning, but later left off the list of addressees.

From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2016

One end of the table resembled a bee swarm: a babel of voices sounded as those nearest the pile of letters shouted the names of the addressees and tossed the missives back over their heads.

From The Long Trick by Bartimeus


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