mailing

noun

mail·​ing ˈmā-liŋ How to pronounce mailing (audio)
: mail sent at one time to multiple addressees by a sender (as for promotional purposes)

Examples of mailing in a Sentence

Get the check ready for mailing and take it to the post office. The charity sent out several mailings to everyone on its mailing list.
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Your email passes through layers of infrastructure, mailing tools, CRM platforms, shipping plugins. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Of the mailings, 27,300 were confirmation cards sent to recently active voters and 13,000 were cancellation notices sent to voters who didn't vote in the two most recent federal elections or did not respond to notice sent in 2021 and 2023. Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2025 It is highly recommended that a taxpayer use the foreign country’s version of certified or registered mail because the receipt can serve as proof of timely mailing/filing. Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 The Secretary of State’s office estimates a special election would cost a little bit more than the last statewide election with nothing else on the ballot — about $200 million, with most of the costs coming from printing and mailing ballots. Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mailing

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mailing was in 1928

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“Mailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mailing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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