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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

Penaloza’s campaign mailers and video ads were so ubiquitous these past few weeks that they filled up my mailbox and interrupted my binging of Hulu’s “Vanderpump Villa.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

A few moments later Baba comes up the driveway, after checking our mailbox.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

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

As ballots land in mailboxes, California voters are finally tuning in to the race to lead the nation’s most populous state and fourth-largest economy in the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Tuesday — less than two months before ballots begin arriving in voters’ mailboxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

Lloyd and Flopears and Lester went out one night and stuffed a given amount of road apples into people’s mailboxes.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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