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

On Monday, the campaign’s final get-out-the-vote mailing landed in hundreds of thousands of mailboxes in Black neighborhoods around the city. —Jonathan Mahler, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2025

Maybe a monthly donation mailing is okay but twice in the same week… please stop! —Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2025

Brea residents have been alerted about it through mailings, online, City Council meetings and in the Brea Line newsletter. —Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 10 July 2025

Current passport processing time is four to six weeks, excluding mailing times. —Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025

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