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
A vast majority of California voters cast ballots by mail, including nearly 90% in last year’s special election on Proposition 50, the state’s mid-decade redistricting measure.
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
“It surely has, Miss Lumley. Just look on the mail tray,” the girl replied in her piercing mouse squeak of a voice.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
