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
When Medicaid agencies rely on outdated methods like snail mail and email, critical information gets lost.
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Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Frey said that given the decline of snail mail and USPS consolidation, the agency might become more willing to give it up.
—Nick Halter, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Loan servicers will also send multiple notices — by email, snail mail or phone — to borrowers who are delinquent and increasingly at risk of going into default, Buchanan says.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
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.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Frey said that given the decline of snail mail and USPS consolidation, the agency might become more willing to give it up.
—Nick Halter, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Loan servicers will also send multiple notices — by email, snail mail or phone — to borrowers who are delinquent and increasingly at risk of going into default, Buchanan says.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
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.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
Noun
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Customers may also receive interactions from legitimate customer service representatives via email, phone call or physical mail.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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The man was arrested and booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City on charges of burglary and mail theft.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 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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According to Mari, the Teamsters received no such correspondence.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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Fonseca includes excerpts from Kane’s correspondence with Fitzgerald’s son Valpy, who accompanied her on that trip, and her daughter Tina, who was three at the time of the Mexico trip.—
Jane Ciabattari
August 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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