How to Use return address in a Sentence
return address
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Want a return address on the envelope?
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 15 Dec. 2025
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In the hope that the balloons would be returned, the makers included a return address and a reward.
—Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
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View with skepticism those nonprofits that send you pens and flags and return address labels and writing pads in the mail.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
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Put your return address in the upper lefthand corner, and affix a stamp on the upper righthand corner.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
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The return address was from California, and the sender wasn't familiar to me.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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The return address was in Kamloops, British Columbia.
—Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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This is a full WYSIWYG control over how your email looks, including fonts, return address (which doesn't have to be the same as the sending email), and signature.
—Alison Barretta, PC Magazine, 28 June 2024
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Notably, in addition to the error in the facility name in the return address and the mail apparently being processed after Epstein’s death, the postmark also shows the letter being mailed from Northern Virginia, not New York.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
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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.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
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In April 2025, Vaden allegedly received an anonymous letter at her home bearing the Elk Grove Police Department’s return address that discussed Davis’ relationship with the subordinate.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
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