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Examples of mail order in a Sentence
You can purchase the books by mail order.
The store sent out all its mail orders in time for the holiday.
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Check local seed racks to obtain a selection of sweet peas suitable for Florida or order one of the quick-flowering types from a mail order seed company.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
The three biggest PBMs — CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx — are owned by insurance companies, which in turn also own specialty, mail order or retail pharmacies.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
Pharmacy benefit managers have been putting the squeeze on providers and consumers now have alternatives like mail order.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 4 Nov. 2024
Walmart, which operates almost 4,600 in-store pharmacies, also offers prescription drug delivery through mail order.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above
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“Mail order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mail%20order. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
mail order
noun
: an order for goods that is received and filled by mail
mail-order
adjective
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