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
If a question on astronomy or space is received either via email or snail mail, it will usually be forwarded to me for a response.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Some people might consider snail mail subscription companies to be ancient history, which makes History By Mail somewhat ironic.
—Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
And every facility has its different persnickety rules governing snail mail, the letters restricted to a few pages.
—Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Mail Letters Contrary to popular belief, sending snail mail is not a lost art.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Some people might consider snail mail subscription companies to be ancient history, which makes History By Mail somewhat ironic.
—Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
And every facility has its different persnickety rules governing snail mail, the letters restricted to a few pages.
—Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Mail Letters Contrary to popular belief, sending snail mail is not a lost art.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snail mail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
Noun
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They will be notified by mail and their prescriptions will be automatically transferred to a nearby Walgreens.—
Sofia Joseph,
jsonline.com,
11 July 2025
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Owners affected by the recall will begin receiving notifications by mail from Monday, July 14, but an official fix has not yet been disclosed by the carmaker.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
Noun
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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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That is what work looks like when it is deeply felt, when the audience’s concerns become ours, passed by bucket brigade from the subjects of our stories, to correspondence, to producers, to editors, fact checkers and writers.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2025
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There are no publicly available details about the schedule for the visit, though Trump received the first correspondence from the King directly from Prime Minister Keir Starmer in February, and spoke about it during a press conference with the Prime Minister.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
30 June 2025
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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