direct mail

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Recent Examples of direct mail In 1967, to attract attention for its mailings, the company started offering its first direct mail sweepstakes. Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025 The investment will include direct mail, digital outreach, and grassroots efforts to support incumbent state Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) and Republicans running in House of Delegates races. Julia Manchester, The Hill, 6 Aug. 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 The shoes were an instant hit, selling first via direct mail to members of the Cruising Club of America and then through larger retailers. Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for direct mail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for direct mail
Noun
  • The letter wasn’t just junk mail.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
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
Noun
  • These items require special handling and storage, which many thrift stores can't provide.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This includes accounting for zones with special handling (e.g. slow zones).
    Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • There seemed to be a hunger out there for printed matter.
    Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Riffing off that collective nature, Laila will this month launch printings.jp, a new site selling fashion-centric printed matter: magazines, photography and art books, catalogs, invitation cards, and more.
    Monica Kim, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2017
Noun
  • Former Casada aide sentenced to prison Cade Cothren, former chief of staff to Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada, was sentenced yesterday in connection with a political mailer scheme.
    Amber Roberson, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Right Path California has sent voters mailers urging them to oppose gerrymandering and defend the Citizen Redistricting Commission; the mailers do not mention Prop. 50.
    Amelia Wu, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Direct mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/direct%20mail. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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