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mail order

NOUN
shopping by mail
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Aimée thinks that Millennials in particular have so much nostalgia for catalogs because they were the generation that witnessed e-commerce overtake mail order.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

She now has a team of 14 in the bakery, sends her biscuits all over the country, and has partnered with a mail order flower firm.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2026

To determine whether a pharmacy service was mail order, in-person or another type, the analysis used the classification listed in the record of each prescription.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 27, 2025

Dell’s original innovation wasn’t a better PC, but a system of selling clones of IBM PCs by mail order.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2025

Horchow founded the Horchow Collection, a high-end mail order merchandise company.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell



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