"to those it may concern" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} to those it may concern
  1. Synonym of to whom it may concern, used for avoiding the formal and quasi-archaic oblique pronoun whom (compare the use of of which for persons: “10 people, 3 of which were married”, instead of “3 of whom”.) Synonyms: to whom it may concern [synonym, synonym-of], used for avoiding the formal and quasi-archaic oblique pronoun whom [synonym, synonym-of]
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