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airmailing

verb

present participle of airmail
as in mailing

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  1. mailing
  2. posting
  3. shipping
Verb
  • 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
  • Officials suggest dropping off the ballot at your county election office instead of mailing it within a week of Election Day.
    — WCCO Staff, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of mailing
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  • OpenAI has paused training its latest models after agents searching federal websites behaved unexpectedly, including posting publicly available SEC information elsewhere and finding developer keys at the Education Department.
    — Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • He was held on $22,000 bail at a nearby jail after his arrest but has since been released after posting it, according to the police and jail officials.
    — Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of posting
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  • The earlier agreement, which called for a 60-day interim period, quickly collapsed as Iran resumed attacks on shipping in the strait.
    — Cara Anna, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • He also is accused of carrying out a military expedition and illegally shipping bullet-proof vests to Haiti.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
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“Airmailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airmailing. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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