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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
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
Social Security typically mails COLA notices for the next year throughout the entire month of December. Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 13 Oct. 2025 So, while a paying customer willing to spend $100 on a coin bundle will typically receive around 100 Sweeps Coins as a bonus, the non-paying customer who mails in a postcard is capped at 5 Sweeps Coins – a nominal amount. Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mails
Noun
  • And underpinning everything—the papers, notes, cuttings, photographs, correspondences and transcripts—is one question, asked again and again and again.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The company expects this to reduce password reset requests and call center correspondences, Faulkner said.
    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Hardwick, 27, posts dating content on TikTok, sharing her wildest dating stories with the world as entertainment while also offering advice and support to other women looking for love.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In a Facebook post by Carmen Gollihar, who posts 1980s and 1990s nostalgia content, some fans also said the flavor fell flat.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The city said the suit followed months of attempts to obtain voluntary compliance in response to numerous public records requests for Blain’s messages on private email accounts, text messaging and other applications, which are all subject to disclosure if discussing city business.
    Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Leila has received countless messages from people who connected with her experience and highlighted the importance of belonging.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The dishes were delicious love letters to family, legacy, and connection.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier this week, food benefit recipients received letters from the Department of Health Services informing them of FoodShare fund delays.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Officials in Jamaica have activated nearly 600 shelters and closed major transportation hubs in anticipation of hazardous conditions, and have said that warehouses across the island are well-stocked with thousands of food packages ready for quick distribution if necessary.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Expect more packages of tangy gummies, riding off a meteoric high last year.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The boys are now competitive dancers, doing jazz, tap and lyrical ballet, and Donoghue keeps in touch with many of the performers, sending them Christmas cards and messaging them on Facebook.
    Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The program uses electronic cards to allow participants to buy food at participating grocery stores.
    Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Mails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mails. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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