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verb

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Recent Examples of e-mail
Noun
An e-mail address associated with a substack newsletter Thomas created bounced. Miami Herald, 14 Nov. 2025 Be sure each traveler’s phone number and e-mail address in your party are attached to the reservation. Essence, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
Some of the most interesting evidence was gleaned from e-mail communications between McGovern and other members of the Kinahan cartel. Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 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 See All Example Sentences for e-mail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for e-mail
Noun
  • Prizes of $600 or higher can be collected at any California State Lottery district office or by mail.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026
  • Justice Samuel Alito extended an earlier order by three more days, which means the rules for prescribing mifepristone online or by mail will remain in effect through at least Thursday.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • To those in the know, the pregnancy statues themselves also telegraph self-love, even if the result is (quite literally) navel-gazey.
    Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026
  • Tenderness is fleeting yet precious among boys desperate to telegraph masculine strength.
    Judy Berman, Time, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Account holders may have received a notice via email or postcard (or both) about the class action settlement.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • In Rio’s famed Ipanema neighborhood, this triplex penthouse, which sits within a building designed by the late, great Oscar Niemeyer, stretches across three levels with postcard-ready views of both the ocean and Sugarloaf Mountain.
    Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 16 May 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
  • The worst-case scenario for Rakuten Bank would be to overpay for its securities and card segments, but direct intervention by Mizuho could avert that, Jefferies analysts added.
    Justina Lee, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • This clutch hits the mark, with a spacious main compartment and two interior card slots to keep everything organized.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026

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“E-mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/e-mail. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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