Definition of mailing
:mail sent at one time to multiple addressees by a sender (as for promotional purposes)
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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 of mailing from the Web
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Insurer Aetna Inc. inadvertently revealed the HIV status of some clients in a mailing about medication for the disease sent to about 12,000 people last month.
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But while most people are content to drink down whatever’s available at their local market or liquor store, a growing movement of beer fans is now using social media and under-the-table mailing practices to take their obsession to the next level.
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Noting that Darbinyan had already been convicted of a mass mailing scam in state court back in 2010, the government asked for a sentence of 188 months, or more than 15 years.
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And the Chinese makers are openly shipping supplies to American drugstores, physicians, and even individuals via FedEx and other mailing services.
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Malamute Energy's mailing address is in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, state records show.
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Thousands of activists spent months calling, e-mailing, and protesting against the different proposals to dismantle Obamacare.
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Anyone hoping to get involved can sign up for a mailing list on Rebuild’s website.
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And the discomfort of the frumpy NFL has eased with the Raiders wading into the mother of all gambling mailing addresses, Las Vegas.
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First Known Use of mailing
1928
MAILING Defined for English Language Learners
mailing
play
noun
Definition of mailing for English Language Learners
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: the act of mailing something
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: something (such as a letter or an advertisement) that is mailed to many people at one time
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