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
Cybercriminals will try literally anything to make money from their victims, be that a bizarre ransomware by snail mail campaign or the use of deepfake face-swap videos.
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
In the end, the public voted via snail mail for a person who embodied perhaps the exact opposite of both — Miskel Spillman, an elderly widow whose first plane ride ever brought her to New York City to stand beside her fellow finalists.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Enable two-factor authentication wherever possible to add an extra layer of security to your accounts.
5) Beware of snail mail scams: While most people focus on digital threats, physical mail scams can also follow a data breach like this.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
The only way to communicate mainly was through snail mail, and sometimes the snails got to the mail first.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
In the end, the public voted via snail mail for a person who embodied perhaps the exact opposite of both — Miskel Spillman, an elderly widow whose first plane ride ever brought her to New York City to stand beside her fellow finalists.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Enable two-factor authentication wherever possible to add an extra layer of security to your accounts.
5) Beware of snail mail scams: While most people focus on digital threats, physical mail scams can also follow a data breach like this.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
The only way to communicate mainly was through snail mail, and sometimes the snails got to the mail first.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
Noun
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The process starts by filling out an I-90 form online or by mail and paying the fee.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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The testing required customers to submit a saliva sample by mail to then receive personalized genetic reports, which has resulted in the company holding the genetic data of more than 15 million customers.—
Miranda Nazzaro,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 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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But internal correspondence reviewed by The News indicates that an MTA engineer raised concerns in early March — even before the water was turned off at the facility — that sewage was leaking into the soil around the depot.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2025
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Emails and other correspondences could also become instrumental evidence.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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