letter column

collocation in English

meaningsofletterandcolumn

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letter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlet.ər/us
/ˈlet̬.ɚ/
a written message from one person to another, usually put in an envelope and sent ...
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column
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒl.əm/us
/ˈkɑː.ləm/
one of several vertical blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper or magazine ...
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(Definition ofletterandcolumnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofletter column

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Is he someone who contributes to alettercolumnregularly for a newspaper?
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Nevertheless, itslettercolumnsometimes featured letters from children.
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The editor apologized for the error in thelettercolumnof a subsequent issue.
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There was never alettercolumn, though in the very last issue there was a note that one was planned for future issues.
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The winner was announced in thelettercolumnof the tenth issue.
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Many of these instances were pointed out by observant fans in thelettercolumnof a later issue.
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Readers were also asked to suggest or vote on the title of thelettercolumn.
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Fialkov hinted at the possibility of a sequel in thelettercolumnof issue five.
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Gernsback's habit of publishing the full address of all his correspondents meant that thelettercolumn allowed fans to correspond with each other directly.
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In addition to the banner, a contents page (including a date and issue number), alettercolumn, an editorial, and an advertisement for subscriptions were inserted.
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Due to the monthly (or longer) lag between issues, a comicslettercolumnusually featured reader responses to issues about three-to-five months prior to the current one.
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Pravda's letter columns have evidently been filled in recent months with complaints that the invaders are everywhere.
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Complaints regularly feature in newspaper letter columns, and public displays of customer anger and frustration are becoming more frequent.
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Sometimes concoctions which plainly are not founded on truth are published in the letter columns of newspapers.
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I have never seen them challenged in literature, whether in the letter columns of newspapers or in journals in which people have an opportunity to reply.
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However, a problem was pointed out by fans in the letter columns.
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This would often produce an outcry from deprived readers in later letter columns, accompanied by the requisite apologies and explanations.
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Letter columns came into their prime in the 1960s, when readers' letters became longer and the discussions more sophisticated.
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He wrote text articles and editorial replies in letter columns for the next few years.
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