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Recent Examples of e-mail
Noun
References to the president were also stripped from email signatures and communications, as well as papers like brochures, press releases and contracts. Joe Walsh, CBS News, 20 June 2026 Those emails did not constitute a formal invitation to meet and confer about potential changes at the LAPD, the union said. Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026 Your phone, your laptop, your email, your banking app, your streaming logins. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026 Letters may be up to 200 words and must be signed with your email address, city of residence and daytime phone number for verification. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026 Employees answer emails while attending meetings, send texts while reviewing documents, and switch between multiple projects throughout the day. Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 The process included conducting searches of employees’ computers and emails. Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026 Spector told me that, when customers abandon an item in their shopping cart, WhatsApp is six times more effective than e-mail at persuading people to complete their purchases. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026 Only the last of the four messages had a name and return e-mail address attached to it, but the person didn’t respond to the Observer’s attempt to gather more information about their complaint. Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025
Verb
The singers, who were frequently apart for work, relied on trust, e-mail and video conferencing to keep their relationship strong. Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 Weather Trader meteorologist Ryan Maue, in an e-mail to USA TODAY, said that the high pressure area in the East could develop into a heat dome, which means warmer than normal temperature into the 4th of July east of the Rockies. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 23 June 2026 Their e-mail address can be found in her bio line. Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 20 June 2026 But not all hundred and fifty make it onto our to-do lists, Tierney—whose to-do list includes a yearly reminder to celebrate Pi Day—told me in an e-mail. Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Sometimes the wait for a reward can be significantly longer, as illustrated in the following e-mail from Kathy Kravitz, who gardens in Winnetka. Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 May 2026 Greg Cootsona’s came via e-mail. Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 26 May 2026 Sources are therefore actors outside the news organization itself who provide information subsidies and can be actors who are interviewed by e-mail, in person, or by telephone, as well as documents containing relevant information. Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 This is a major change, said Gang Xiao, a professor of physics at Brown and co-author of the research, in an e-mail interview with IEEE Spectrum, because the property of the special iron oxide is fundamentally different from the original iron alloy. Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for e-mail
Noun
  • One piece of mail from the United Democracy Project quotes comments from Twitch streamer and El-Sayed fan Hasan Piker, such as a dark joke about 9/11, that Third Way tried to use months ago to hurt the progressive.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
  • Patten was convicted in an unrelated mail fraud case in 2010 and sentenced to 27 months in prison.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • But my point is that, right up front, these messages telegraph insecurity, pleading, chagrin.
    Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • But in every era since 1776, clothing has been used to telegraph social (and literal) mobility.
    Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • The green and white striped parasols that turn the whole beach into one long postcard didn't hurt either.
    Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The villa, with its rough concrete structure and minimalist elements, boasts postcard views of the French city’s namesake bay—not quite São Paolo, but certainly a good jumping-off point.
    Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • In response, seven former EEOC officials sent Lucas an open letter via electronic mail on March 18, 2025.
    Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Eight years later, AOL introduced its own version of electronic mail services, email addresses, a Windows version and access to the rest of the Internet for its users.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Eligible card members also receive complimentary Priority Pass Select membership, providing access to airport lounges worldwide.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Carry more than one form of payment, since some concession stands and lots still take cash only or have card readers that fail at the worst possible moment.
    Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026

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“E-mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/e-mail. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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