envelopes

Example Sentences

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I’m talking about the dusty envelopes hanging from metal hooks near the soup packets.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Voters mailing ballots would be required to write a four-digit number, essentially a PIN, on their ballot envelopes matching the one generated when they registered to vote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Hastings set up Netflix in 1997 with Marc Randolph, offering DVD film rentals to customers by post, arriving in characteristic red envelopes.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“Rising security outlays require explicit reprioritization within constrained envelopes to avoid slippage,” the Fund said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

At the table there was always the pretense of trying to give the envelopes back.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez