mailbox

Example Sentences

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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

One error I made was mailing the 1310s, since mail generally takes three weeks to get to an IRS employee’s mailbox, according to the Tigta report.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 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

The screen door hangs open, bumps against the garbage bin, and the mailbox clings lopsided to the faded milky coffee–colored clapboard that wraps the house.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam