return address
noun
: an address on an envelope or package that shows where the envelope or package should be returned to if it cannot be delivered
I forgot to put the return address on the envelope.
Examples of return address in a Sentence
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The return address for the Michigan and Wisconsin Catholic Tribunes matches the business mailing address of companies within the Metric Media network, ProPublica found.
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Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2024
The parcels containing those items will have become undeliverable for a number of reasons, including that the address is inadequate or illegible, or that the person may have moved or there is no return address.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024
There is no return address; instead, the unexpected package has a QR code that when scanned, pretends to show you who sent it.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024
Many, according to the report, described lesser quality clothing than promised, and said their packages had a return address in China.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
On the other hand, losing my e-mail would be disastrous, and the return address appeared to be legitimate.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2010
The package, which was addressed to the museum curator with no return address, contained a letter from someone claiming to be a retired physician who said the two specimens were a donation to the museum.
—Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
On the top-left corner of the envelope, for her return address, Keldy put her full name and alien number.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
Prior to the shooting rampage, the suspect visited a post office in Henderson and sent 22 letters to university personnel across the U.S. with no return address, according to McMahill.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
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Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2024
The parcels containing those items will have become undeliverable for a number of reasons, including that the address is inadequate or illegible, or that the person may have moved or there is no return address.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024
There is no return address; instead, the unexpected package has a QR code that when scanned, pretends to show you who sent it.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024
Many, according to the report, described lesser quality clothing than promised, and said their packages had a return address in China.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
On the other hand, losing my e-mail would be disastrous, and the return address appeared to be legitimate.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2010
The package, which was addressed to the museum curator with no return address, contained a letter from someone claiming to be a retired physician who said the two specimens were a donation to the museum.
—Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
On the top-left corner of the envelope, for her return address, Keldy put her full name and alien number.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
Prior to the shooting rampage, the suspect visited a post office in Henderson and sent 22 letters to university personnel across the U.S. with no return address, according to McMahill.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
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“Return address.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/return%20address. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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