mailing

noun

mail·​ing ˈmā-liŋ How to pronounce mailing (audio)
: mail sent at one time to multiple addressees by a sender (as for promotional purposes)

Examples of mailing in a Sentence

Get the check ready for mailing and take it to the post office. The charity sent out several mailings to everyone on its mailing list.
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One charity has sent requests for more donations a week after my donation and two mailings in one week. Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2025 Price said ballots needing to be remade could include overseas ballots that aren't submitted on ballots readable to the county's voting equipment, absentee ballots that may have been folded for mailing or ballots that are unreadable by the voting machines for other reasons. Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025 Switch to digital payments when possible: Use your bank’s mobile app to deposit checks without mailing or physically delivering them, reducing the risk of theft or tampering. 6. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025 The American Arbitration Association will oversee the mailing and counting of ballots. Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mailing

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mailing was in 1928

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“Mailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mailing. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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