Example Sentences
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Medicines can stop pain, fight cancer and save lives but are worthless if they get lost in the mail, spoil in a hot warehouse or are stuck on a ship.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Postal Service, which last year reduced the number of trips to pick up mail at post offices in mostly rural areas.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
The official had heard about the bug bounty Brundage got from the Dutch government years ago and had a question: “What’s a good address to mail you a t-shirt, and what’s your size?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
So even if you can’t trade stocks, you can still expect to receive your mail — the U.S.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
“You know how you can mail two letters from the same mailbox on the same day, and they might arrive wherever they’re going on different days?”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.