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

A brochure from NYU appeared in the mailbox advertising a class in writing for children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 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

Then I dropped the envelope in a mailbox.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman