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mailbox

[mayl-boks] / ˈmeɪlˌbɒks /


NOUN
mail drop
Synonyms


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This was in the mailbox on election day, the post office picked it up and had it.’

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

“So I left a note in Bruce’s mailbox that said that anyone who could write a song like ‘Disney Girls’ would like my band, and we’re playing the Ice House on Sunday,” Berg recalls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Their mother was mentally sharp but physically frail, barely able to walk to the mailbox and back, they told deputies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

If checks need to be mailed, doing it from the post office rather than a mailbox or a blue U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Kyle and Akimi led the charge across the street to the boxy blue mailbox.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Its letters now flood local mailboxes, saying "there is a lot of misinformation and fear that has circulated about data centers and our project."

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Ballots will begin arriving in 23.2 million voters’ mailboxes in a little over two weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The mayor ruffled feathers again when the 17,000 notices were sent out and he wrote on X that second-home owners should check their mailboxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Police also asked postal workers to report overflowing mailboxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

“Okay, do people make out inside mailboxes here? This is not a thing we do in Georgia.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera


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