envelope
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Typically when I move to a new place, the red-and-blue-striped envelope from the post office confirming my new address goes directly from the mailbox into the trash.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
In Vonnegut’s little story about buying an envelope, he went on to describe himself and the rest of us as “dancing animals” who love to move around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The researchers say they still do not know exactly how APOE2 stabilizes the nuclear envelope and strengthens DNA repair.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
This acts like an envelope and all the researchers need to do is change the letter inside before posting it into the body.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
It doesn’t shake any more, at least, than Mr. Dannenberg’s hand shakes as he receives the envelope.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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His wife suggested that he go online, order a lot of envelopes and keep the surplus for next time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
That could mean setting up a direct debit from your current account to a savings account, organising cash into different envelopes or using round-up tools that put spare change aside when you spend.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Researchers think these thick gaseous envelopes may have formed when the planets were much farther from their star, in colder regions of the protoplanetary disc where gas could rapidly accumulate around a solid planetary core.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026
I’m talking about the dusty envelopes hanging from metal hooks near the soup packets.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Every month, two envelopes arrived: one for Nan and one for me.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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