junk mail
noun
: unsolicited mail that consists mainly of promotional materials, catalogs, and requests for donations
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There’s something freeing and peaceful when things are in their place, the kitchen bar is free of junk mail and dishes are off countertops, stacked in the dishwasher.
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Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Pots simmered on the stove with paella, fruit rotted in bowls next to the junk mail, and the pantry was full of old rusted cans of strange unearthly edibles—bamboo shoots and snails in sauce and lemons floating in brine.
—Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
But the Editorial Board did not draw the obvious conclusion: charge the senders of junk mail more.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2026
Spend a few minutes each weekend returning items to their zones, tossing junk mail and wiping down surfaces.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
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Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Pots simmered on the stove with paella, fruit rotted in bowls next to the junk mail, and the pantry was full of old rusted cans of strange unearthly edibles—bamboo shoots and snails in sauce and lemons floating in brine.
—Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
But the Editorial Board did not draw the obvious conclusion: charge the senders of junk mail more.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2026
Spend a few minutes each weekend returning items to their zones, tossing junk mail and wiping down surfaces.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for junk mail
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“Junk mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junk%20mail. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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