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Examples of mail order in a Sentence
You can purchase the books by mail order.
The store sent out all its mail orders in time for the holiday.
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Pharmacy benefit managers have been putting the squeeze on providers and consumers now have alternatives like mail order.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 4 Nov. 2024
Walmart, which operates almost 4,600 in-store pharmacies, also offers prescription drug delivery through mail order.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2024
The drug has been available through telehealth and mail order since 2021.
—Staff Author, Verywell Health, 13 June 2024
In addition, these healthcare conglomerates operate some of the largest retail, mail order, and specialty pharmacies in the country, which compete with local independent pharmacies.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above
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“Mail order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mail%20order. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
mail order
noun
: an order for goods that is received and filled by mail
mail-order
adjective
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