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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

"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

Wes said that Eric was confronted near the mailbox in front of the house on Crane Street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 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

I stop by the mailbox on my way next door.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

The award casts renewed scrutiny on Bianco’s Sheriff’s Department two weeks before primary election ballots land in Californians’ mailboxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

But this road had a name, Overview Circle, and a bunch of mailboxes clustered at its beginning.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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