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
As his sales increased, Davis turned his attention to a new endeavor — starting the snail mail art subscription service.
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Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
Cute stamps and stationary sets are fueling Gen Z and millennials’ return to sending snail mail.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
Children and seniors will have the ability to apply for discounts online, rather than by old-fashioned snail mail or by walking up to a kiosk in person.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2025
Similarly, patients should keep track of all materials related to an insurance appeal — records of phone calls, emails, snail mail, and in-app messages.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
Cute stamps and stationary sets are fueling Gen Z and millennials’ return to sending snail mail.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
Children and seniors will have the ability to apply for discounts online, rather than by old-fashioned snail mail or by walking up to a kiosk in person.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2025
Similarly, patients should keep track of all materials related to an insurance appeal — records of phone calls, emails, snail mail, and in-app messages.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
Noun
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Weeks earlier, the same two employees told the I‑Team they had been hired to open mail and scan documents and were unaware of the fraud allegations or arrest of the man who ran the company.—
Brian New,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Of those, 41,212 voters had voted early in-person, per the DuPage County Clerk’s Office, while 35,966 mail-in ballots had been received and verified.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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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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Now, emails obtained by the AJC reveal a monthslong correspondence that resulted in Jackson’s latest attack ad.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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The correspondence between Siegal – who represented clients such as Steven Spielberg, Harvey Weinstein and Barry Levinson – shed new light on the pair’s seemingly symbiotic relationship.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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