AIRMAIL Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

airmail 1 of 2

noun

Definition of airmail

as in mail

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airmail

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verb

as in to mail

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get
receive

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Inside were nearly 1,000 documents — letters, fragile airmail pages, official papers written in German, French and Dutch. — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026 Former Army pilot Eddie Hubbard then approached Boeing about pivoting to air mail with a route between Seattle and British Columbia, the first international airmail service in North America. — John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Amazon has put a new twist on airmail deliveries, and one of the company's Arizona facilities is leading the way. — Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for airmail

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Noun

From ayahuasca circles and mail-order ketamine lozenges to off-label peptide injections, IV drips and longevity treatments, there’s a seemingly infinite number of ways to look and feel better that people will swear by in this town.

— Shelby Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
California law allows cities to tabulate mail-in ballots received as long as seven days after the election, as long as they are postmarked by election day.

— City News Service, Daily News, 8 July 2026

Definition of mail

Noun

The gyms also told consumers that the mail-in cancellations should be sent by certified or registered mail, according to the FTC.

— Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
It is highly recommended that a taxpayer use the foreign country’s version of certified or registered mail because the receipt can serve as proof of timely mailing/filing.

— Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025

Definition of registered mail

Noun

Fragments of email correspondence appear alongside bits of dialogue, histories of apocalyptic movements in Korea, and poems about the nature of time and the Bardo (the Tibetan Buddhist concept for the transitional period between death and rebirth).

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026
Details of the letter and other correspondence were described to The Times by two district sources who reviewed the document.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026

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