snail mail
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correspondence, mail, matter, parcel post, post [chiefly British]
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New bucket list addition: become snail mail penpals with Meghan Markle... — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, "Meghan Markle Couldn't Make Her High School Reunion, But She Did Send a Lovely Note," 17 May 2019 The site will begin selling the files via snail mail instead. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Defense Distributed Is Selling 3D Printed Gun Files—Through the Mail," 28 Aug. 2018 Phone calls, texts, emails, snail mail, Twitter, Instagram, visits to Cafe Martin. — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, "A letter of appreciation from John Martin, a NESN cameraman, to Boston sports media," 11 June 2018 Likewise, real payments to the IRS can only be submitted through snail mail, not online. — Cory Stieg, Good Housekeeping, "Do Not Fall for This New IRS Email Scam," 29 Sep. 2016 Simple things like baking an apple pie, sending a birthday card the old fashioned way; snail mail. — courant.com, "Jeanette E. Bailey," 12 July 2018 Calling is the most powerful ways to put pressure on your representatives — even more than social media, email, or snail mail. — refinery29.com, "Calling Congress Is Easier Than You Think — Here's How To Do It," 19 June 2018 Regulators have approved a longstanding request from the mutual-fund industry, which has pressed for email, rather than snail mail, to be the default method for disseminating shareholder reports. — Dave Michaels, WSJ, "Return to Sender: Mutual-Fund Reports Will Go Paperless," 5 June 2018 The best analogy is the transition from email to snail mail. — Polina Marinova, Fortune, "Term Sheet -- Friday, May 18," 18 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'snail mail.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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