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noun

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as in mail

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verb

as in to mail

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Recent Examples of e-mail
Noun
Your phone, your laptop, your email, your banking app, your streaming logins. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026 Letters may be up to 200 words and must be signed with your email address, city of residence and daytime phone number for verification. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026 The process included conducting searches of employees’ computers and emails. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026 Those emails did not constitute a formal invitation to meet and confer about potential changes at the LAPD, the union said. — Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026 Employees answer emails while attending meetings, send texts while reviewing documents, and switch between multiple projects throughout the day. — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 References to the president were also stripped from email signatures and communications, as well as papers like brochures, press releases and contracts. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 20 June 2026 Spector told me that, when customers abandon an item in their shopping cart, WhatsApp is six times more effective than e-mail at persuading people to complete their purchases. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026 Only the last of the four messages had a name and return e-mail address attached to it, but the person didn’t respond to the Observer’s attempt to gather more information about their complaint. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025
Verb
Their e-mail address can be found in her bio line. — Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 20 June 2026 Greg Cootsona’s came via e-mail. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 26 May 2026 The singers, who were frequently apart for work, relied on trust, e-mail and video conferencing to keep their relationship strong. — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 But not all hundred and fifty make it onto our to-do lists, Tierney—whose to-do list includes a yearly reminder to celebrate Pi Day—told me in an e-mail. — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Sometimes the wait for a reward can be significantly longer, as illustrated in the following e-mail from Kathy Kravitz, who gardens in Winnetka. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 May 2026 Sources are therefore actors outside the news organization itself who provide information subsidies and can be actors who are interviewed by e-mail, in person, or by telephone, as well as documents containing relevant information. — Florian Wintterlin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 This is a major change, said Gang Xiao, a professor of physics at Brown and co-author of the research, in an e-mail interview with IEEE Spectrum, because the property of the special iron oxide is fundamentally different from the original iron alloy. — Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 June 2017 Weather Trader meteorologist Ryan Maue, in an e-mail to USA TODAY, said that the high pressure area in the East could develop into a heat dome, which means warmer than normal temperature into the 4th of July east of the Rockies. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for e-mail
  1. mail
  2. telegraph
  3. postcard
  4. electronic mail
  5. card
Noun
  • Post offices will, however, be open on Friday, July 3 and mail delivery will occur as normal.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • States can still count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a blow to Republicans who had pushed for stricter regulations.
    — Chris Dobstaff, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of mail
Verb
  • But in every era since 1776, clothing has been used to telegraph social (and literal) mobility.
    — Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 1 July 2026
  • This also telegraphs the growing importance of the menswear division for the brand, which first presented a collection in Milan in 2021.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 20 June 2026
Definition of telegraph
Noun
  • Road tripping in Europe is no longer just about scenic roads, mountain passes and postcard villages.
    — Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • That means they are increasingly being spotted in Rio’s postcard Guanabara Bay.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of postcard
Noun
  • Information reasonably sufficient to permit Britannica to contact you, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic mail address.
    — britannica.com, britannica.com, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The upper layers included advanced capabilities and applications, such as electronic mail and directory services.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2023
Definition of electronic mail
Noun
  • Algeria were awarded a free kick, but no card for Messi, and no review from VAR.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • There are many more unanswered questions after the Season 1 finale and Taylor Sheridan keeps his cards close to his chest, even from cast and crew.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of card

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