snail mail

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There will be a paper trail, either email or snail mail.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

Hundreds of Wall Street Journal readers responded to the story—by email, in the article’s comments section, on social media and even by snail mail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025

As I waited for my blood test results via snail mail, I became increasingly interested not only in what the environmental health risks of the fires are, but also how our brains process them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

Growing up in the '90s, I was always a little captivated by the magic of snail mail — the thrill of finding a fun letter nestled between the usual stack of bills, catalogs and junk.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

And an impatient manager was unlikely to be willing to wait a week for the new password to arrive courtesy of snail mail.

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette