Examples of mail order in a Sentence
You can purchase the books by mail order.
The store sent out all its mail orders in time for the holiday.
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Doctors’ offices and pharmacists may also know practical ways to save money, such as using a different pharmacy, switching to mail order or adjusting how a prescription is written.
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Deidre Popovich, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
The company’s dominance emerged after rivals like Ticketron folded or were acquired and ticket sales shifted from box offices and mail order to centralized platforms.
—Leah Nylen, Bloomberg, 9 Apr. 2026
Rosalba worked in the accounting department of a mail order catalog company and later helped her husband run a mechanic shop in Granada Hills.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
In 2018, the multigenerational Luskey family, which had operated multiple western wear stores and marketed a mail order catalogue, was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, headquartered in Fort Worth.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
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Deidre Popovich, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
The company’s dominance emerged after rivals like Ticketron folded or were acquired and ticket sales shifted from box offices and mail order to centralized platforms.
—Leah Nylen, Bloomberg, 9 Apr. 2026
Rosalba worked in the accounting department of a mail order catalog company and later helped her husband run a mechanic shop in Granada Hills.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
In 2018, the multigenerational Luskey family, which had operated multiple western wear stores and marketed a mail order catalogue, was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, headquartered in Fort Worth.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Mail order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mail%20order. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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