airmailing

verb

present participle of airmail
as in mailing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airmailing
  1. mailing
  2. posting
  3. shipping
Verb
  • By that time, several states had begun mailing ballots to those eligible under existing state laws and procedures, including military and overseas voters.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The Food and Drug Administration recommends disposing of drugs by dropping them off at a take-back location or by mailing them using a prepaid envelope that is delivered to a facility where the drugs are incinerated.
    — Sunny Linnebur, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of mailing
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  • Democracy Docket began posting public legal documents before many news outlets, gaining email subscribers and direct online traffic through Twitter and Facebook.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Similar comments, and rebuttals, appear in numerous replies to Netflix’s posting about the casting on Instagram.
    — Peter Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of posting
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  • Other information Judicial Watch received from the FBI documents included a notification from shipping company DHL about a package Crooks received from Hong Kong.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Green ammonia could significantly cut the sector’s reliance on fossil fuels and reduce emissions from shipping.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of shipping
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“Airmailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airmailing. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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