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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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A vast majority of California voters cast ballots by mail, including nearly 90% in last year’s special election on Proposition 50, the state’s mid-decade redistricting measure.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Post riders needed 11 days to deliver the mail from Philadelphia to New Hampshire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

So even if you can’t trade stocks, you can still expect to receive your mail — the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Utah, for example, has had universal mail voting since 2012, meaning that counties could conduct their elections entirely by mail by sending all registered voters a mail ballot.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

The children thought it all a great game; by turns they pretended they were moles in dark tunnels, or explorers charting an unmapped jungle, or Postal Tygers delivering the mail along an unfamiliar route.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood