to the letter

idiom

: exactly or precisely
obey the law to the letter

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SpaceX responded to the letter by terminating multiple employees, who then filed charges with the N.L.R.B. Earlier this year, the board issued a complaint alleging that the employees had been unlawfully fired, and set a hearing with an administrative-law judge. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024 The administration has had no response to the letter as of this writing, and that is a mistake given that allowing the allegation to hang out there leads to a credible conclusion that the entire basis for the LNG pause was flimsy at best. David Blackmon, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 At Tuesday’s meetings, Israeli officials laid out the actions taken in response to the letter, the senior State Department official said. Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024 The company did not immediately provide a response to the letter from members of Congress. Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for to the letter 

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“To the letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20letter. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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