as in correspondence
communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system
began receiving lots of mail after he became known as a frequent donor to charities
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Recent Examples of mail
Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Start by checking your email or physical mail for a notice about the settlement.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
That’s exactly what happened, according to a report by The Register, where a Dutch journalist mailed a postcard with a tracker embedded in it to the HNLMS Evertsen, an air defense frigate on maneuvers escorting the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The bottom can hold shoes and umbrellas while the top is great for a lamp, decor, or tray to hold keys and mail.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Start by checking your email or physical mail for a notice about the settlement.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
One change struck a provision that would have allowed a voter to permanently sign up for voting by mail, which would have resulted in ballots automatically being mailed before every election.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
That’s exactly what happened, according to a report by The Register, where a Dutch journalist mailed a postcard with a tracker embedded in it to the HNLMS Evertsen, an air defense frigate on maneuvers escorting the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail
Noun
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Police also allegedly found photos in the chatroom correspondences, according to Spadjinske.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2026
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Lawmakers want correspondence between the departments, reports, body camera recordings and more.—
Ryan Oehrli
April 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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Educators were fired for making insensitive comments about him on their personal social-media accounts; a firefighter in Toledo lost his job for posting a derisive eulogy on Facebook; various airline employees were suspended for disparaging Kirk online.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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Knowing that my picture, whether flattering or not, is going to be posted (or shared with our family) is extremely daunting.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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In a letter to senators earlier this year, then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that between January and November of last year, 261 DACA recipients were arrested and 86 were removed from the country.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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His mother’s family has a history of males whose names begin with the letter R.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2026
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The whistleblower complaint was forwarded to ARTnews in the form of emails from July 2025 and December 2025, both of which were addressed to, among others, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and United States Attorney for the Southern District of California Adam Gordon.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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The king later delivered a rare address to a joint session of Congress, marking the second time a British monarch has ever addressed Congress.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Several social movements, including protests against Iranian elections in 2009 and the Arab Spring in 2010–2011, made use of social media tools to organize and spread messages about their movements.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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But the message is simple from the firefighters and participants alike; when a wildfire starts, there won't be time to prepare, so now is the time to act.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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After booking affordable dental tourism packages, patients then fly to Turkey.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Police said the package was shipped from China and was marked as containing an automotive filter.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Boston has not won a playoff series since, finishing last in back-to-back years before returning to the postseason last season and losing to the Yankees in the wild-card round.—
Jimmy Golen,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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And the Knicks, who’d been turned over and scored on in transition regularly throughout the series, pulled an UNO reverse card, scoring 21 points off 19 Hawks turnovers on the night.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mail. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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