return address
noun
: an address on an envelope or package that shows where the envelope or package should be returned to if it cannot be delivered
I forgot to put the return address on the envelope.
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Mulzet reads an excerpt from Herscht 07769, which takes its title from the protagonist’s decision to write German Chancellor Angela Merkel a letter using only his name and postcode as a return address.
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Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The following information is from a criminal complaint: Around May 21, the Wisconsin Attorney General's Office, the Milwaukee police chief and the Milwaukee Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office all received handwritten letters in the mail, with a return address written for Morales Reyes.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
More than half a year later, a typed letter arrived addressed to the child, in a prepaid Royal Mail envelope with no return address or postage markings.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The return address was in Kamloops, British Columbia.
—Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
One afternoon, Briggs drove to the return address that Berthia's mom had written on the envelope, introduced himself and told her about the upcoming ceremony.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The inspection service recommends that unwanted packages be returned to the sender, if a return address is available.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The letters purported to be from Ramón Morales Reyes, whose name and return address were written in blue ink on each letter.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 4 June 2025
The bust came a day after the Wisconsin Attorney General's Office, the police chief of Milwaukee, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office in that city all received mailed handwritten letters in envelopes with the return address of Morales-Reyes, the complaint says.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 June 2025
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Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The following information is from a criminal complaint: Around May 21, the Wisconsin Attorney General's Office, the Milwaukee police chief and the Milwaukee Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office all received handwritten letters in the mail, with a return address written for Morales Reyes.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
More than half a year later, a typed letter arrived addressed to the child, in a prepaid Royal Mail envelope with no return address or postage markings.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The return address was in Kamloops, British Columbia.
—Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
One afternoon, Briggs drove to the return address that Berthia's mom had written on the envelope, introduced himself and told her about the upcoming ceremony.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The inspection service recommends that unwanted packages be returned to the sender, if a return address is available.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The letters purported to be from Ramón Morales Reyes, whose name and return address were written in blue ink on each letter.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 4 June 2025
The bust came a day after the Wisconsin Attorney General's Office, the police chief of Milwaukee, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office in that city all received mailed handwritten letters in envelopes with the return address of Morales-Reyes, the complaint says.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 June 2025
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“Return address.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/return%20address. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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