envelopes

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She remembers: “I had a walkie-talkie, I would hand per diems out to people, I would run the envelopes around, and bring my dad a towel after the show, stuff like that.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Then it envelopes it with two bands—one above and another below the average.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

The order calls for extensive rulemaking by both DHS and USPS, and complicated implementation rules for the states, including rules related to the types of envelopes states must use and forms of ballot tracking.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

The backs of different economists’ envelopes can look a little different, but most are betting on oil prices boosting inflation in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Imagine that there are two envelopes, marked A and B. Before you are shown the envelopes, a flip of the coin determined which envelope has money in it.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife