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mailbox

[meyl-boks] / ˈmeɪlˌbɒks /


NOUN
mail drop
Synonyms


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Penaloza’s campaign mailers and video ads were so ubiquitous these past few weeks that they filled up my mailbox and interrupted my binging of Hulu’s “Vanderpump Villa.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

We left a letter in her mailbox with our contact details, but she did not respond.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Make sure to see the envelope handstamped with the postmark instead of tossing the letter in the mailbox, O’Saben added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

A brochure from NYU appeared in the mailbox advertising a class in writing for children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Later, after he had gone, I found an awkward note of apology in my mailbox, wrapped around a paperback copy of the poems of Rupert Brooke and a box of Junior Mints.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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