postal card

noun

Definition of postal cardnext
as in electronic mail

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postal card
  1. electronic mail
  2. junk mail
  3. mail
  4. card
  5. open letter
  6. postcard
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
Definition of electronic mail
Noun
  • For other types of junk mail or promotional material, the United States Postal Service and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommend using the website DMAchoice to remove your name from a lot of the national marketing mail lists.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • Older adults are particularly vulnerable to identity theft and other scams and are often advised to ignore junk mail and calls from telemarketers.
    — Susan Jaffe, NPR, 6 July 2026
Definition of junk mail
Noun
  • Smith remembers eating Spam three times a day while his father worked odd jobs, including driving a taxi, before eventually scraping together enough money to launch a mail-order hosiery business.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • There could be a time crunch, however, as general election mail ballots would start being printed at the end of August.
    — Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of mail
Noun
  • Many of the cards and other messages fill the walls at an indoor Punch birthday exhibit where visitors can also view video chronicling Punch from his earliest days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • Fury is doing his own tune-up work, with his bout against Mariusz Wach landing the night before this card.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of card
Noun
  • However, on the same day, over 1,000 employees from leading AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic signed an open letter.
    — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • Fresh off Jensen Huang sharing an open letter supporting open source last week, and the quasi-response from Anthropic's Dario Amodei, a pair of fresh missives made the rounds Tuesday.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of open letter
Noun
  • Famous for its postcard-worthy Pacific sunsets, the beachside city just west of Los Angeles offers front-row views as the sun sinks behind the Santa Monica Pier, illuminating its iconic Ferris wheel and golden shoreline in vivid evening light.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
  • Fortunata's guests dining alfresco had a postcard view of the basilica and the bustling piazza, where teenagers canoodled on the edge of a fountain.
    — Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026
Definition of postcard
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“Postal card.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postal%20card. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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