form letter
noun
1
: a letter on a subject of frequent recurrence that can be sent to different people without essential change except in the address
2
: a letter for mass circulation that is printed in many copies and has a very general salutation (such as Dear Friend)
Examples of form letter in a Sentence
The bank sent out thousands of form letters offering its credit card.
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CFPB lays off probationary staff with form letter that doesn't include their name
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has begun layoffs by firing probationary employees in a form letter that doesn't even include their names.
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
The language of the termination notice matched the form letter that the agency had said was previously erroneously sent to staff.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
Following a series of phone calls to the bank, none of which were notable for their diplomatic temperance on my part, an underwriter clarified that my business credit report had been flagged, not my personal one—a detail the form letter had failed to clarify.
—Levi King, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The boiling ensued because the form letter announced that my latest application to process credit card payments through my bank had been rejected thanks to information found on my Equifax credit report.
—Levi King, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
The language of the termination notice matched the form letter that the agency had said was previously erroneously sent to staff.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
Following a series of phone calls to the bank, none of which were notable for their diplomatic temperance on my part, an underwriter clarified that my business credit report had been flagged, not my personal one—a detail the form letter had failed to clarify.
—Levi King, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The boiling ensued because the form letter announced that my latest application to process credit card payments through my bank had been rejected thanks to information found on my Equifax credit report.
—Levi King, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Form letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/form%20letter. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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