as in mail
communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system
even though she has an e-mail account, she still prefers to send snail mail
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Recent Examples of snail mail
In the end, the public voted via snail mail for a person who embodied perhaps the exact opposite of both — Miskel Spillman, an elderly widow whose first plane ride ever brought her to New York City to stand beside her fellow finalists.
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Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Below, some of them explain the appeal of snail mail and give recommendations for getting started.
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Cheyanne Mumphrey,
Fortune,
17 Jan. 2026
But who doesn't love to receive a little snail mail?
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Sam Woodward,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
As his sales increased, Davis turned his attention to a new endeavor — starting the snail mail art subscription service.
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Kansas City Star,
22 Dec. 2025
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Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Below, some of them explain the appeal of snail mail and give recommendations for getting started.
—
Cheyanne Mumphrey,
Fortune,
17 Jan. 2026
But who doesn't love to receive a little snail mail?
—
Sam Woodward,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
As his sales increased, Davis turned his attention to a new endeavor — starting the snail mail art subscription service.
—
Kansas City Star,
22 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snail mail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
Noun
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Any unsolicited contact about the estate, by phone, mail, or email, should be verified directly with your attorney before any response.
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Someone stole a check in a woman’s outgoing mail between June 8 and June 10.
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Competition also came from airlines and intercity bus lines that could easily carry parcel post on their routes.
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Extending parcel post to the countryside was vehemently opposed by merchants, who feared competition from Sears Roebuck and other mail order houses.
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But any correspondence between string theory and experiment is gratifying to Vafa, who has spent the past four decades trying to wrest the theory from the purely conceptual realm to the point of generating testable predictions.
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Even as Kodak filed for bankruptcy in 2012 and emerged as a significantly smaller company, many Lambda members kept their records, giving us access to a unique archive that includes corporate policies, correspondence, photographs and video footage.
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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