snail mail

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Recent Examples of snail mail Be wary of mailbox communications Bad actors may also try to scam you through snail mail. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for snail mail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
Noun
  • They were charged in a 39-count indictment that included conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud.
    Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The bill emerged from a compromise with the Democratic assembly leader, who sought to expand the use of drop boxes for mail ballots.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Young Christoph wrote in the knowledge that Bonhoeffer’s correspondence was being monitored and that a careless word could have fatal consequences.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And underpinning everything—the papers, notes, cuttings, photographs, correspondences and transcripts—is one question, asked again and again and again.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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