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mailbox

[mayl-boks] / ˈmeɪlˌbɒks /


NOUN
mail drop
Synonyms


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Since the bills took 11 weeks to find my mailbox, I didn’t find out until I had completed 22 sessions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

These days, Brust and Wray don’t have to look at grocery shelves or the company mailbox to understand their product’s appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

"She likes to go to go to the mailbox, and she's like, 'Ms Dolly! Ms Dolly!' and I'm like, 'Well, let's go see if Ms Dolly sent you a book!'"

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

When the reporter placed a letter for Paxton in the mailbox, an envelope addressed to Warren Paxton, the attorney general’s given name, was visible.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

I came to the US mailbox just beyond the bookstore and straddled my bike.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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

Amy Thoma, a former Republican strategist who is no longer affiliated with a political party, noted that Becerra’s surge comes at a critical moment in the election, shortly before ballots land in Californians’ mailboxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

And then there were the signs, stuck on stakes, posted on telephone poles, taped to mailboxes all over the hill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

Night after night, the three boys left the flyers in apartment buildings, mailboxes, telephone booths, and other public places.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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