mailbox

Example Sentences

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When Compton Unified School Board President Micah Ali checked his mailbox last week, he was in for a shock.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

We left a letter in her mailbox with our contact details, but she did not respond.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Make sure to see the envelope handstamped with the postmark instead of tossing the letter in the mailbox, O’Saben added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

So mail that is never even transported from the post office to the mailbox is still “miscarried.”

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

So I close my eyes and picture Jonah leaving the mailbox in the treehouse to be rid of it forever, reading the horrible thing he read on that list, running with Cassie instead of me.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison