certified mail

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Recent Examples of certified mail The old law had required that the executor send you notice by registered or certified mail, and then provide proof of service to the court. Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 30 July 2023 Resumes sent by registered or certified mail to the Metro Council Clerk, 601 W. Jefferson St., 40202, must be postmarked no later than March 3 and must be received in the clerk’s office within four business days after mailing. Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 24 Feb. 2023 Regular and certified mail letters were sent to Perdue and Larson to notify them their forms were overdue, board attorney Monica Conrad said, adding the certified letters came back to the county but the other ones did not. Amy Lavalley, chicagotribune.com, 15 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for certified mail
Noun
  • That document was sent by registered mail to the U.S. Senate and the National Archives.
    Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2022
  • In ways that vary state by state, each state's electors then prepare six Certificates of Vote, which are sent by registered mail to the President of the U.S. Senate and the Archivist of the United States.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • Competition also came from airlines and intercity bus lines that could easily carry parcel post on their routes.
    Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Extending parcel post to the countryside was vehemently opposed by merchants, who feared competition from Sears Roebuck and other mail order houses.
    Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021
Noun
  • This includes accounting for zones with special handling (e.g. slow zones).
    Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • More Stories The ideal for submarine commanders is a robot that doesn't need special handling and can be loaded aboard like a torpedo, then launched from a standard torpedo tube and recovered through the same tube after its mission has been completed.
    David Szondy June 21, New Atlas, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Novak Djokovic received a special delivery while in London for Wimbledon 2025, a pair of white Asics sneakers with custom art, another project in a line of personalized sneaker designs from Swithadot Studios.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Be especially wary of unrequested special delivery, maintenance calls, turndown service, or room service.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • The outside group, which was filed with the FEC in May last year, spent money on direct mail, digital advertising, canvassing and get-out-the-vote efforts.
    Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 6 June 2025
  • The Kentucky businessman is launching a seven-figure ad buy that will run in every market statewide, including television, digital and direct mail advertising, according to Morris' spokesperson.
    Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Be wary of mailbox communications Bad actors may also try to scam you through snail mail.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
  • That crowd doesn’t go in for snail mail — although Gary the Snail might.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Customers may also receive interactions from legitimate customer service representatives via email, phone call or physical mail.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The man was arrested and booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City on charges of burglary and mail theft.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There’s something freeing and peaceful when things are in their place, the kitchen bar is free of junk mail and dishes are off countertops, stacked in the dishwasher.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • However, there are ways to reduce paper waste and keep junk mail and other old papers out of trash cans and landfills.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025

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“Certified mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/certified%20mail. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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