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
  • Boutrous, though, noted that the letters were sent off days after the ban was already implemented and the media outlets filed suit.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Yet, in her private letters with women, this intimate dimension comes alive.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of letters
Noun
  • Federal prosecutors and digital forensic experts have relied on a massive trove of electronic messages to build their case.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The Unlimited Plan includes unlimited messages per month, subject to a fair use policy, as well as priority customer support and priority access to new features and future models.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of messages
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