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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

“The public can no longer assume that a piece of mail dropped in a mailbox before collection time on a specific day will be postmarked that same day,” Alexander said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

I write about how the mailbox is back now, but it’s nowhere near as special as I remembered.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Ballots will begin arriving in the mailboxes of the state’s 23.2 million voters in days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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

The endorsement comes as ballots have begun arriving in Californians’ mailboxes at a critical moment in the race to lead the nation’s second-largest city.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

Every inch of that mile is filled with Christmas lights hanging from trees, mailboxes, and houses.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan




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