How to Use mail drop in a Sentence

mail drop

noun
  • Many looked more like mail drops than medical offices.
    — William La Jeunesse, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • There are nine vote centers and 22 vote-by-mail drop boxes, and turnout so far is at least 33%.
    — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 12 May 2020
  • The address belongs to a law firm that a partner said offers mail drop services for hundreds of companies.
    — Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Back in town, Biff and Cindi Bowen retrieved a mail drop and stuffed themselves on pizza, ice cream, and beer.
    — Earl Swift, Outside Online, 2 Sep. 2015
  • The blue mail drop box at that location has been subjected to ongoing tampering and damage.
    — cleveland, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Those who do not wish to use a vote center may mail their ballots or submit them at one of the county’s 400 vote-by-mail drop boxes.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2021
  • The lobby will continue to be open 24/7 for PO box access and mail drop boxes.
    — Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 6 July 2020
  • Actually, the men, Hani Hanjour and Nawaf al-Hazmi, didn’t need the mail drop that long.
    — Mike Kelly, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The new law limits how vote-by-mail drop boxes can be used, requires voters to ask for a vote-by-mail ballot and prohibits non-poll workers from giving food or drink to voters waiting in line.
    — Mike Schneider, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Others used post office boxes, mail drops and even hotel addresses instead of the physical address required by federal regulations.
    — Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Residents using other Alaska post offices are encouraged to mail returns early in the day and check the collection times on each mail drop box to ensure Tuesday pickup.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Supervisors in the three counties also can relocate and consolidate polling places and designate new locations for vote-by-mail drop boxes — which the state now calls secure ballot intake stations.
    — Hurricane Ian, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2022
  • With just a week left until Election Day, local election officials are suggesting Hoosiers using voting absentee-by-mail drop off their ballots in person.
    — Lydia Gerike, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2020
  • California voters can return their ballots via the United States Postal Service or any official vote-by-mail drop box, or drop them off at any participating vote center in certain counties.
    — Maeve Reston and Ethan Cohen, CNN, 21 Aug. 2021

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