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 spokesperson Cathy Purcell recommended that voters mail their ballot a week in advance of when it must be received by election officials to ensure it arrives on time.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Post riders needed 11 days to deliver the mail from Philadelphia to New Hampshire.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
