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
Cute stamps and stationary sets are fueling Gen Z and millennials’ return to sending snail mail.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
Similarly, patients should keep track of all materials related to an insurance appeal — records of phone calls, emails, snail mail, and in-app messages.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Similarly, patients should keep track of all materials related to an insurance appeal — records of phone calls, emails, snail mail, and in-app messages.
—Lauren Sausser, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Similarly, patients should keep track of all materials related to an insurance appeal — records of phone calls, emails, snail mail, and in-app messages.
—Lauren Sausser, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
Similarly, patients should keep track of all materials related to an insurance appeal — records of phone calls, emails, snail mail, and in-app messages.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Similarly, patients should keep track of all materials related to an insurance appeal — records of phone calls, emails, snail mail, and in-app messages.
—Lauren Sausser, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Similarly, patients should keep track of all materials related to an insurance appeal — records of phone calls, emails, snail mail, and in-app messages.
—Lauren Sausser, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
Noun
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To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
17 Feb. 2026
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Wirth, who organized a support group of AAA Insurance holders after the fire, chose not to and instead has her mail forwarded to her parents’ house.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Competition also came from airlines and intercity bus lines that could easily carry parcel post on their routes.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Feb. 2024
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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.—
Tom Dillard,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2021
Noun
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The library contains all files collected for the department's investigations, so not all documents are from direct correspondence with Epstein.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Wasserman has previously apologized for his correspondence with Maxwell and expressed regret for having any association with both her and Jeffrey Epstein.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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