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mailbox

[meyl-boks] / ˈmeɪlˌbɒks /


NOUN
mail drop
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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It looks like four skyscrapers and a mailbox.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

A fair share of nasty feedback lands in my mailbox, so I wondered if the auto-response tool could come in handy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

I watched as he scrutinized a photo of law enforcement unloading the letters from Guthrie’s mailbox, paying special attention to the fact that she wasn’t wearing gloves.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Once he had made the decision to rebuild, Cervantes installed a temporary mailbox on the vacant lot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

The words just flowed—paragraph after paragraph about building the mailbox together from the DIY kit Mom gave us and how assembling it was supposed to be “foolproof” but Jonah and I kept messing it up.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison