mailbox

Example Sentences

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“We don’t want anyone to just toss it into the mailbox as we have been able to do in the past and have it counted,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

So mail that is never even transported from the post office to the mailbox is still “miscarried.”

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

Once he had made the decision to rebuild, Cervantes installed a temporary mailbox on the vacant lot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

In spite of the submissions still coming into his mailbox from his now 130,000 followers, he doesn't post as much anymore and has largely resigned himself to the new normal of life online.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Previously it took a lot of work to write a letter, address and stamp an envelope, and take it to the mailbox.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari