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plural of mail

mails

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mail
as in posts
to send through the postal system if you don't mail that letter soon, it's going to arrive late

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Recent Examples of mails
Noun
Prosecutors said Graves' body was partially wrapped in black garbage bags secured with duct tape, then rolled up in a rug alongside blankets, bags, pieces of mails, various items of clothing and trash. Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026 Tyler has been embedded in the treasurer’s office, which calculates and mails out property tax bills, for years. A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026 First issue mails within 8 - 10 weeks. Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026 This worldwide effort mails free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to children under age 5 every month, with a goal of sparking a lifetime love of reading. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025 In the past, only elite researchers had access to their genetic fingerprints, but now personal genotyping is available to anyone who orders the service online and mails in a spit sample. Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025 Along with some shockingly gruesome slides (lots of intestines and Jack the Ripper–style organ removal), Wallace shares that the New York Ripper is still traumatizing the relatives of his victims by leaving voice-mails taunting them about his brutal crimes. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
That means even if a ballot is erroneously sent to someone’s past address and the current resident mails it in, there are checks to alert election workers to the foul play. Ali Swenson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026 Parton’s Imagination Library mails free, age-appropriate books every month to children from birth to age five. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026 The city typically mails out more than 22,000 copies to residents and distributes about 2,000 copies at city facilities. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 Santamour said his organization mails out 400 kits of four doses of naloxone every month across Florida, and the demand hasn’t slowed down in four years. Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026 The younger, Layla, writes and mails lengthy letters to my dog—not to me or my spouse, but to my forty-five pound blue heeler Galilee. Literary Hub, 4 May 2026 California, which mails a ballot to every eligible voter, ranks near the top of states in the ease of its elections. Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026 Under such circumstances, the IRS mails a letter or notice alerting the filer of a late fee. Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026 As of September 30, the Social Security Administration no longer mails paper benefits, shifting to electronic payments. Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mails
Noun
  • The collection includes multiple correspondences between Stamp and the late Princess of Wales, from Christmas photos featuring her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, to birthday cards.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • Police also allegedly found photos in the chatroom correspondences, according to Spadjinske.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The results come as Walmart posts a stretch of solid growth, fueled by gains in segments like pickup and delivery, its third-party marketplace, and advertising.
    Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Yockey posts videos of her adventures with Vava on Instagram, from their coffee shop walks to home piano concerts to cuddles with Yockey's cat, Tito.
    Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Fans wearing shirts with messages about trans athletes were asked to cover them during Sunday’s Fever-Dream game.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Close watchers are also looking at how many voters turn out, and in what cities, to gauge what campaign messages are working to fire up voters and drive them to the polls.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Four letters loom over the plan to redevelop North Point Mall in Alpharetta.
    Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • His championship trophies were in his desk drawer, the letters players had written him over the years.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Hundreds of thousands of packages have already been delivered by Amazon drones this year, but even after this expansion drones will still only handle a fraction of the hundreds of millions of package deliveries each year.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Now, parts and service departments and finance and insurance packages are becoming more important sources of profit for car dealers, as profits from new vehicle sales show signs of softening.
    Robert Ferris, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Those deliveries include gift cards and gas cards, clothes, food for animals, personal hygiene items and anything fire victims needed.
    Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Plenty of them lose in the qualifying tournament, just as the wild cards might have, and don’t get a chance to prove their worth in the main draw.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Mails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mails. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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