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
While the typical enrollment process requires users to send materials online or via snail mail—then wait upwards of 45 days for a decision—Fortuna completes it in under a minute thanks to its AI models that flag common errors like missing pay stubs on employment verification forms.
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Alexandra Meier, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
That crowd doesn’t go in for snail mail — although Gary the Snail might.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
From social media campaigns to old-fashioned snail mail, the company promises every voice will be heard.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The clue [Address opener] does not refer to a snail mail address.
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Alexandra Meier, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
That crowd doesn’t go in for snail mail — although Gary the Snail might.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
From social media campaigns to old-fashioned snail mail, the company promises every voice will be heard.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The clue [Address opener] does not refer to a snail mail address.
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
Noun
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More than 1,000 employees circumnavigate the bustling fifth floor Tempus office around an atrium that Lefkofsky said was a spiral parking ramp before the building — a National Historic Landmark that once housed the country’s oldest mail-order firm — was converted to tech space 25 years ago.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The fire didn't damage any mail and left minimal damage in the basement because fire crews put it out so quickly, Kloth said.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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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
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But correspondence between the county attorney's team and Lewis over the past year, obtained through an open records request, sheds some light on how both sides got to this point.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
31 Aug. 2025
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Boyd denied the request to remove Hartig’s docket and then reaffirmed the move after the complaint was issued, according to additional correspondence provided to the Free Press.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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