mailer

noun

mail·​er ˈmā-lər How to pronounce mailer (audio)
1
: one that mails
2
: a container for mailing something
3
: something (such as an advertisement) sent by mail

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Last year, Juarez was charged with writing bad checks worth $53,000 for attack ad mailers against Thao’s 2022 mayoral competitors. Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025 Over a two-year span, the two companies poured nearly $1.2 million into the alliance’s public relations efforts, purchasing newspaper ads, billboard space and glossy mailers warning that the project would bring intolerable traffic and 20 years of construction. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025 State of play: Nespresso offers free recycling of its pods and consumers can drop them off in-store or get a mailer with a shipping label to send in. Kelly Tyko, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025 Last month a judge denied the group's request to gather evidence on a mailer critical of the Dakota Access protests that was sent to some Morton County residents in October. Jeff Brady, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mailer

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mailer was circa 1890

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“Mailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mailer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

Biographical Definition

Mailer

biographical name

Mai·​ler ˈmā-lər How to pronounce Mailer (audio)
Norman 1923–2007 American author

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