as in mail
communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system
even though she has an e-mail account, she still prefers to send snail mail
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Recent Examples of snail mail
Workers aged 60 and older who do not have online accounts can still receive hard-copy statements via snail mail.
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David Rae, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
This finding, coupled with the growing evidence of snail mail's resurgence in the face of digital media overload, suggests that traditional marketing strategies may still hold significant value.
—R. Paul Singh, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
But my husband cut him out and Dad was left for years making fruitless communication attempts via email, voice messages — even snail mail.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Wedding invitations, once a snail mail exclusive industry, now go beyond even email inboxes after the peak of digital invite services created in the '90s and aughts.
—April Rubin, Axios, 18 Aug. 2024
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David Rae, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
This finding, coupled with the growing evidence of snail mail's resurgence in the face of digital media overload, suggests that traditional marketing strategies may still hold significant value.
—R. Paul Singh, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
But my husband cut him out and Dad was left for years making fruitless communication attempts via email, voice messages — even snail mail.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Wedding invitations, once a snail mail exclusive industry, now go beyond even email inboxes after the peak of digital invite services created in the '90s and aughts.
—April Rubin, Axios, 18 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail mail
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Upgrades include improvements to the phone's camera, photos and mail apps.Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Many firms will now increase corporate security personnel at offices and residences, deploy enhanced mail screening and focus on public events executives are attending, said Fred Burton, executive director of protective intelligence at Ontic.Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Competition also came from airlines and intercity bus lines that could easily carry parcel post on their routes.Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
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Extending parcel post to the countryside was vehemently opposed by merchants, who feared competition from Sears Roebuck and other mail order houses.Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021
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Buried in the thousands of pages of medical records, correspondence and memos that build the hospital’s case against Weiner is a single sheet that summarizes the dying moments of seven people.J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
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Bring whatever correspondence, bank statements and invoices are necessary to back up your claim.Levi King, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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