electronic mail

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Recent Examples of electronic mail Information reasonably sufficient to permit Britannica to contact you, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic mail address. britannica.com, 8 Feb. 2024 The Act at Civil Code Section 4910 bars taking action outside of board meetings except for emergencies, and bars conducting meetings via electronic mail. Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023 The upper layers included advanced capabilities and applications, such as electronic mail and directory services. IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2023 Students and faculty soon developed software and processes that later turned into electronic commerce and electronic mail. Shane Greenstein, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2016 See All Example Sentences for electronic mail
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Noun
  • There’s something freeing and peaceful when things are in their place, the kitchen bar is free of junk mail and dishes are off countertops, stacked in the dishwasher.
    ByBryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • Pots simmered on the stove with paella, fruit rotted in bowls next to the junk mail, and the pantry was full of old rusted cans of strange unearthly edibles—bamboo shoots and snails in sauce and lemons floating in brine.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • In addition to first-class stamps, the price hike will affect metered letters (from 69 cents to 74 cents), international postage (from $1.65 to $1.70) and domestic postal cards (from 56 cents to 62 cents).
    David Chiu, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • More than 500,000 Maryland voters requested mail ballots.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 May 2026
  • To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • French director Arthur Harari stood by his signing of an open letter sounding the alarm over tycoon Vincent Bollore’s growing influence on the French media and entertainment sectors at the press conference for his Cannes Competition film The Unknown on Tuesday.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 May 2026
  • In an open letter to Congress, FACE Ag Network argues that the bill threatens hundreds of animal welfare laws and prioritizes industrial agriculture over independent farmers.
    Mikayla Price, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • The worst-case scenario for Rakuten Bank would be to overpay for its securities and card segments, but direct intervention by Mizuho could avert that, Jefferies analysts added.
    Justina Lee, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • This clutch hits the mark, with a spacious main compartment and two interior card slots to keep everything organized.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Account holders may have received a notice via email or postcard (or both) about the class action settlement.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • In Rio’s famed Ipanema neighborhood, this triplex penthouse, which sits within a building designed by the late, great Oscar Niemeyer, stretches across three levels with postcard-ready views of both the ocean and Sugarloaf Mountain.
    Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026

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“Electronic mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/electronic%20mail. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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