parcel posts

noun

plural of parcel post
as in mails
communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system only parcel post bearing a return address and not exceeding size and weight limits will be accepted

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  1. mails
  2. correspondences
  3. letters
  4. messages
Noun
  • The book-gifting program, part of the nonprofit Dollywood Foundation, mails free, high-quality books to children across the country and around the world once a month from birth to age 5.
    — Kristy High, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Each month, the book gifting program mails free books to children from birth to age 5, regardless of their family’s income.
    — Devarrick Turner, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of mails
Noun
  • Most moving, above all, are the correspondences with the writers themselves who reach out at their own expense—quite literally.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • From there, Langlands conjectured the existence of a family of correspondences between objects, symmetries, and properties.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of correspondences
Noun
  • Most colleges send out student aid offers around the same time as admission offer letters.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Today’s Theme This is a rebus crossword, in which some squares contain multiple letters.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of letters
Noun
  • Authorities sent emergency warning messages through cellphones, the government said.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Conversations that matter cannot always be squeezed between routine updates or held while participants respond to messages and watch the clock.
    — Angela Cusack, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of messages
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