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Examples of letter box in a Sentence
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An old woman, pulling a wheelie shopper, stopped at a letter box.
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Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
The woman was trying to push a brown package into the letter box, her white hair tossing wildly in the wind.
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Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
And so, many of the early patents for electrical indicators for letter boxes tried to replace or augment the postman’s knock.
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IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2018
During the 1870s and ’80s, inventors filed more than a dozen patent applications in the United States for electrical improvements to letter boxes.
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IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2018
Vornado has saved a few items, including a bronze letter box and some decorative elements from the Café Rouge area.
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Dan Barry, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
The letter box dates to the same period as your globe.
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Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 30 June 2022
Value would be $45 for the globe and $85 for the letter box.
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Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 30 June 2022
From the Front Desk depicting ancient Nordic Runes to the original 1926 brass letter box in the Lobby, the hotel offers a wonderful combination of style, comfort and modern amenities.
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Roger Sands, Forbes, 17 May 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1727, in the meaning defined above
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“Letter box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/letter%20box. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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