snail mail

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Recent Examples of snail mail 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 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 See All Example Sentences for snail mail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
Noun
  • They will be notified by mail and their prescriptions will be automatically transferred to a nearby Walgreens.
    Sofia Joseph, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Durbin asking whether the FBI reviewed that letter or other correspondence between Trump and Epstein.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • Officials seized more than 30 handheld consoles and demanded copies of Once Were Nerd's correspondence with the companies making these devices.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025

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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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