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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In the past when my HOA board wanted to change the rules and regulations, notification and the changes were sent out by snail mail.
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Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
Uncommon Goods Grandparent Pen Pal Set Bring back the fun of receiving snail mail with this unique grandparent pen pal set.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 11 Apr. 2024
Send a little snail mail love with this straightforward stationery template.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
Today, the reaction to, and resolution of, mistakes happens a lot more quickly as the use of facsimile and snail mail have been replaced by email and algorithm.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
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Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
Uncommon Goods Grandparent Pen Pal Set Bring back the fun of receiving snail mail with this unique grandparent pen pal set.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 11 Apr. 2024
Send a little snail mail love with this straightforward stationery template.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
Today, the reaction to, and resolution of, mistakes happens a lot more quickly as the use of facsimile and snail mail have been replaced by email and algorithm.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
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Nearly 1 million absentee ballots have been requested by Wisconsin voters and morethan 715,000 ballots have already been returned to clerks, either by mail or by those voting in-person absentee, elections officials said.Mary Spicuzza, Journal Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2024
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Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked by Nov. 4 and received by Nov. 9 to be counted.Haley BeMiller, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 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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These agents can perform tasks typically done by a human being — Microsoft demonstrated an AI agent parsing an email, checking its correspondence history, finding the right person and writing a reply.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
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Cross-kingdom correspondence isn’t always hate mail.Annie Melchor, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail%20mail. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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