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
Frey said that given the decline of snail mail and USPS consolidation, the agency might become more willing to give it up.
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Nick Halter, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Loan servicers will also send multiple notices — by email, snail mail or phone — to borrowers who are delinquent and increasingly at risk of going into default, Buchanan says.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
If a question on astronomy or space is received either via email or snail mail, it will usually be forwarded to me for a response.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Some people might consider snail mail subscription companies to be ancient history, which makes History By Mail somewhat ironic.
—Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
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Nick Halter, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Loan servicers will also send multiple notices — by email, snail mail or phone — to borrowers who are delinquent and increasingly at risk of going into default, Buchanan says.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
If a question on astronomy or space is received either via email or snail mail, it will usually be forwarded to me for a response.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Some people might consider snail mail subscription companies to be ancient history, which makes History By Mail somewhat ironic.
—Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
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In August 2022, less than a year after his arrest, Larry was convicted in U.S. federal court of foreign murder and mail fraud.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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The charges include conspiracy, immigration fraud, robbery, mail fraud and money laundering, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana Alexander C. Van Hook said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
17 July 2025
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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
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Letters on Natural Magic, an 1832 correspondence series between Sirs David Brewster (inventor of the kaleidoscope in the early 1800s) and Walter Scott, includes the Turk in its examination of entertainments that blended science and magic.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
30 July 2025
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Roughly once a week, Nick Cave blogs about music, religion, grief, and the infernal state of world affairs through the medium of fan correspondence in his Red Hand Files newsletter.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
29 July 2025
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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