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envelope

[en-vuh-lohp, ahn-] / ˈɛn vəˌloʊp, ˈɑn- /


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Days before Aaliyah's 25th birthday, a large unmarked envelope landed on the doormat of her home, in Birmingham.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Leaving the crunchy, ragged edges on the paper, we stuffed our notice of intent into an envelope.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Now, after a decade of experiments, corrections, and painstaking analysis, the answer was sitting inside a sealed envelope.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The zeppelin design, which placed individual gas-filled containers within a rigidly framed outer envelope, was invented around the turn of the 20th century by Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a German aristocrat and general.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

There is an envelope with my name, Hank Hooperman, in my mom’s curlicue handwriting with hearts above the o’s.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Really, the questionable part of vertical dramas is the gambling-style structure that envelopes them, not some inherent problem with the content itself.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

Ballot envelopes would also have to meet new design standards, including unique barcodes that have to be checked by the Postal Service.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Otherwise, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about when the envelopes are opened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

That leaves little room for officials to redesign envelopes, update computer systems, train workers and upload voter data if the courts suddenly allow the restrictions to take effect.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

The second the door is closed, I dump the envelopes onto the shag rug and sit on the closed toilet seat.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller


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