as in mail
communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system
even though she has an e-mail account, she still prefers to send snail mail
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Recent Examples of snail mail
Be wary of mailbox communications: Bad actors may also try to scam you through snail mail.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 14 Sep. 2024
Workers aged 60 and older who do not have online accounts can still receive hard-copy statements via snail mail.
—David Rae, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
This finding, coupled with the growing evidence of snail mail's resurgence in the face of digital media overload, suggests that traditional marketing strategies may still hold significant value.
—R. Paul Singh, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
But my husband cut him out and Dad was left for years making fruitless communication attempts via email, voice messages — even snail mail.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 14 Sep. 2024
Workers aged 60 and older who do not have online accounts can still receive hard-copy statements via snail mail.
—David Rae, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
This finding, coupled with the growing evidence of snail mail's resurgence in the face of digital media overload, suggests that traditional marketing strategies may still hold significant value.
—R. Paul Singh, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
But my husband cut him out and Dad was left for years making fruitless communication attempts via email, voice messages — even snail mail.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
Noun
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The focus of the documentary is the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion, a U.S. Army battalion of 855 Black women that was sent during World War II to England and France to clear the backlog of mail in the European Theater of Operations.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Eligible individuals would have received a settlement notice via email or mail.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Competition also came from airlines and intercity bus lines that could easily carry parcel post on their routes.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Feb. 2024
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Extending parcel post to the countryside was vehemently opposed by merchants, who feared competition from Sears Roebuck and other mail order houses.—
Tom Dillard,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2021
Noun
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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management was not involved in Hammond’s correspondence to BP, the agency’s Public Information Officer Barry Sneed said in a statement.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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The two men, who died on the same day in 1826, mended their friendship through correspondence.—
Stephen Humphries,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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