mailing

noun

mail·​ing ˈmā-liŋ 

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Northwestern weights essays, character, and personal qualities heavily, and gives demonstrated interest no special weight, so campus visits and mailing-list signups do little on their own. — Jamie Beaton, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

The mass mailing serves as one way to confirm whether a voter continues to live at the address to which they are registered. — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

This was the first such statewide mailing in more than 10 years. — Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal, 10 July 2026

Summit Ridge Media has no apparent online presence, and its address appears to be a mailing center in Reno, Nevada. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing mailing

• mailing address
• mailing label
• mailing list
• self-mailing

Rhymes for mailing

• ailing
• bailing
• baling
• failing
• flailing
• grayling
• hailing
• jailing
• nailing
• paling
• railing
• sailing