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mail

[mayl] / meɪl /
NOUN
written correspondence; system for sending correspondence
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VERB
send through the postal system
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Bakker was then convicted in 1989 of 24 counts of mail and wire fraud and conspiracy in a scheme involving their Christian theme park, and served more than four years in prison.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Many people are perplexed about that because they are bombarded by Medicare-related mail as they approach 65 and assume they must do something new, says financial planner Stephen Maggard of Columbia, S.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

They must sign their mail ballots, and their signature is compared to the one the state has on file to verify their identity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

To receive the funds from our last checking account, we had to wait 15 days for a cashier’s check to arrive by mail.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Jonah tried to remember if he’d seen the mail truck gliding through the neighborhood.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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