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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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In 2024, California counted more than 406,000 late-arriving mail ballots, but they represented only about 2.5% of the statewide total.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Do you really think this is about a slow count of mail votes?

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Colorado’s primary is June 30, though mail ballots start going out to voters today.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

During the pandemic, the pills were first allowed to be prescribed virtually and shipped in the mail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

As their horizons broadened, I would tell them about the people living in the Beje, people who never had a visitor, never a piece of mail.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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