mail room

noun

: the room in an office where mail is handled
He has a job in the mail room.

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His letters and packages are delivered to a mail room for homeless people in the building at the Keys to Change campus, a collaborative of 15 nonprofit organizations that serve those like him. Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2025 The first floor will not have retail space, but instead have a conference room, mail room, and other tenant amenities. Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025 One user recalled how working in a university mail room in 2001 gave them an early glimpse of Amazon's growing footprint. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025 According to police, the two grabbed a garbage bag, forced open the door and stuffed seven packages from the building’s mail room into the bag; Robbins was the lookout during the burglary and had the bag when cops arrested him that same day. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025 Historically, roles in a company’s contact center or mail room were seen as the best way to learn about the business from the bottom up and get a shot at climbing the corporate ladder. Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024 Three other tents house a mail room, caseworkers and a cafeteria, where Venezuelan toddlers rub shoulders with Asian children over blaring salsa music. Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024 Prosecutors say Alexander used her access to the Day Center’s mail room to steal mail and divvy up the checks with her then-boyfriend. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024

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“Mail room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mail%20room. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

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