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Examples of mail order in a Sentence
You can purchase the books by mail order.
The store sent out all its mail orders in time for the holiday.
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They were distributed nationwide via retail stores and mail orders.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
About 7 million older adults on Medicare used the drugs and had to pay a portion of the bill at the pharmacy or via mail order.
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Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Kratom Kratom is another psychoactive plant that is widely available from southeast Asia, mostly in smoke shops or by mail order.
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Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The cap will reduce out-of-pocket spending for potentially millions of older Americans in Medicare Part D, which covers pharmacy or mail order prescriptions.
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Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above
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“Mail order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mail%20order. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
mail order
noun
: an order for goods that is received and filled by mail
mail-order
adjective
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