letter of protest

collocation in English

meaningsofletterandprotest

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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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protest
noun
uk
/ˈprəʊ.test/us
/ˈproʊ.test/
a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, ...
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(Definition ofletterandprotestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofletter of protest

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Macaulay'sletterofprotestto the borough council saying that he would object, the permission to take dustbins through the back yard was withdrawn by the rural district council.
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The council'sletterofprotesthas been acknowledged.
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I have received only oneletterofprotest.
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He did not use those words, but that is the effect of hisletterofprotest.
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He did not wish to be associated with anyletterofprotest.
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She appeared at the head of the march and made a request to hand in herletterofprotest.
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Write a strongletterofprotestto your local councillor.
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Was theletterofprotestfrom a taxi driver or from a passenger?
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Then the whole poem was broadcast on television to 4½ million people without a singleletterofprotestbeing received.
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I sent aletterofprotestand suggested a diesel service.
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I understand that all that has happened this year is that aletterofprotestwas sent.
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Is he sending aletterofprotestor congratulation to the programme makers?
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A distinguished body of clergy representing several denominations signed aletterofprotestagainst the stand taken by the corporation.
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I have not received a singleletterofprotestfrom anyone on the subject.
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I have not had oneletterofprotest, either from an individual or from an organisation.
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The owner wrote aletterofprotestwhich remained unanswered.
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There is one organisation of sabbatarians which even issued a draftletterofprotestto its members so that they could react spontaneously on such occasions.
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Instead of submitting artworks the group submitted aletterofprotest, which was displayed for a period at the exhibition.
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Aletterofprotestis written in a highly formal manner, intended to be both courteous and critical at the same time.
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His resignation from the latter position after eight months prompted aletterofprotestsigned by more than a hundred of the paper's writers.
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Aletterofprotestsigned about 1500 artists, professionals, and other concerned citizens argued for civic freedoms and art as one sphere of freedom, incorrectness, difference.
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