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mail

[meyl] / meɪl /
NOUN
written correspondence; system for sending correspondence
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VERB
send through the postal system
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Postal Service will deliver mail as usual on Friday, and post offices will remain open.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Homeless residents, many of whom don’t have a car or are disabled, now have to travel outside of Skid Row to get stamps or mail a package.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

But last March, seven typed pages, apparently containing the former Zappos chief executive’s final wishes, surfaced via snail mail to the Las Vegas courthouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Their butter is now supplied to a range of exclusive Scottish restaurants, is sold by mail order and is even served on the Royal Scotsman pullman train.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

I shouldn’t snoop, but Aunt Melissa did ask me to get the mail.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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