Definition of snail mail
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: mail delivered by a postal system
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: mail 3
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Examples of snail mail in a Sentence
She still uses snail mail for paying bills.
I can be contacted by e-mail and snail mail.
Recent Examples of snail mail from the Web
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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.
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The best analogy is the transition from email to snail mail.
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Gone are focused landline calls, long recorded voice messages, snail mail (perhaps even long emails).
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The article offers a window into the period before spam was simply a fact of internet life — the Times describes junk email as more invasive than unwanted snail mail.
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These days, snazzy emails and online portals may have replaced some of the snail mail, but the singular feeling of joy remains the same.
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Pennsylvanians can also deliver a paper copy of the form to their county voter registration office or send it by snail mail — just make sure it’s postmarked by Monday.
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According to the magazine, Cohn tried to convince Trump that Amazon is in fact an economic lifeline for the USPS, as fewer people rely on snail mail other than package delivery in the digital age.
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Two liked to snail mail their favorite poems to me.
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First Known Use of snail mail
1982
snail mail Synonyms
Synonyms
Related Words
airmail, airpost, certified mail, registered mail, rural delivery, rural free delivery, special delivery, special handling;
direct mail, junk mail, mailer;
card, dispatch, epistle, letter, message, missive, note, postal card, postcard, printed matter;
SNAIL MAIL Defined for English Language Learners
snail mail
Definition of snail mail for English Language Learners
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: ordinary mail that is delivered by a postal system : mail that is not e-mail
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