snail mail

Example Sentences

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Part of what’s appealing about snail mail, she said, is remembering that “it’s really nice to devote your entire attention to something.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

There will be a paper trail, either email or snail mail.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

As I waited for my blood test results via snail mail, I became increasingly interested not only in what the environmental health risks of the fires are, but also how our brains process them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

And just like that, a piece of snail mail was born — and a whole practice has since unfurled around it.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

And an impatient manager was unlikely to be willing to wait a week for the new password to arrive courtesy of snail mail.

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette