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snail mail

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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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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 7 Dec. 2022.

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