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"examples": [
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"ref": "2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian",
"text": "For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the \"lone ambition\" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that \"never favoured women\" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing \"a sad mistake\" in trying to run in Paris.",
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{
"ref": "2023 May 31, Tammy Samuel, Fergus McLaverty, “The political picture: what lies ahead for Britain's railways?”, in RAIL, number 984, page 30",
"text": "More than 60 rail supply business leaders signed an open letter to Rishi Sunak on May 9 urging him to bring forward the bill which would formally establish GBR.",
"type": "quotation"
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"A letter addressed to one person, or more, but published (as for example in a newspaper) for the public to read."
],
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}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "公開信"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngkāixìn",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "公开信"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "açıq mektüp"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "otevřený dopis"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "avoin kirje"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lettre ouverte"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣia c̣erili",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "ღია წერილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "offener Brief"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "nyílt levél"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōkaijō",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "公開状"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōkai shokan",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "公開書簡"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "list otwarty"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scrisoare deschisă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkrýtoje pisʹmó",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "откры́тое письмо́"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "açık mektup"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "bức thư ngỏ"
}
]
}
],
"word": "open letter"
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"ref": "2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian",
"text": "For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the \"lone ambition\" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that \"never favoured women\" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing \"a sad mistake\" in trying to run in Paris.",
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{
"ref": "2023 May 31, Tammy Samuel, Fergus McLaverty, “The political picture: what lies ahead for Britain's railways?”, in RAIL, number 984, page 30",
"text": "More than 60 rail supply business leaders signed an open letter to Rishi Sunak on May 9 urging him to bring forward the bill which would formally establish GBR.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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[
"published",
"published"
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"newspaper"
],
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]
]
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "公開信"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngkāixìn",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "公开信"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "açıq mektüp"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "otevřený dopis"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "avoin kirje"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lettre ouverte"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣia c̣erili",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "ღია წერილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "offener Brief"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "nyílt levél"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōkaijō",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "公開状"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōkai shokan",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "公開書簡"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "list otwarty"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scrisoare deschisă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkrýtoje pisʹmó",
"sense": "published letter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "откры́тое письмо́"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "açık mektup"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "published letter",
"word": "bức thư ngỏ"
}
],
"word": "open letter"
}
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