circular letter

Widely distributed notice

A circular letter is a letter sent to multiple recipients, typically containing the same message for all.

Businesses use circulars to announce policy changes; organizations distribute them to members.

The term emphasizes the letter's wide distribution rather than personal correspondence: The company issued a circular letter about the new vacation policy.

correspondence

memo

Brief internal message

epistle · missive · envelope · recipient · sender · postage · mailout · addressee · distribution list · mailing

announcement

proclamation

Formal public announcement

notice · pronouncement · directive · statement · update · briefing · notification · alert · communiqué · edict

distribution

newsletter

Periodic organizational publication

leaflet · handout · mailshot · handbill · broadsheet · mailer · insert · printout · photocopied · duplicated

Opposites
audience scope

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Individual written correspondence

personal correspondence · private correspondence · direct message · private message · love letter

personalization

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Written romantic declaration

distribution scope

circular lettersealed letter

Fastened written communication

Family

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