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
Merced saw almost a sevenfold increase in late-arriving mail ballots in the November election compared with the year before.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 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
Utah, for example, has had universal mail voting since 2012, meaning that counties could conduct their elections entirely by mail by sending all registered voters a mail ballot.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
Ben organizes his trips away from the Ranch is by paper mail.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.