mailbox

Example Sentences

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It looks like four skyscrapers and a mailbox.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

A fair share of nasty feedback lands in my mailbox, so I wondered if the auto-response tool could come in handy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

Yellow ribbons festooned some nearby trees, and an offering of flowers, many fresh from the stream of new visitors, was heaped near Guthrie’s mailbox.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Leaving a sizable number of bills in the mailbox seems ill-advised, but I don’t want to have to make a third trip to this house.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse