mailbox
noun
mail·box
ˈmāl-ˌbäks 
1
: a box at or near a dwelling for the occupant's mail
2
: a public box for deposit of outgoing mail
3
: a computer file in which email is collected
Examples of mailbox in a Sentence
On the way to work, I dropped my letters in the corner mailbox.
She checked her mailbox daily, hoping for a letter from her son.
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However, because the information had been backed up in another environment, when a new COO requested past communications, only to find the mailbox had been erased, the company was able to restore the data from the backup source.
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Nick Martin, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Police arrived and found the woman and her two children, all of whom were crying, standing outside near the home’s mailbox.
—Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Then, the next day, the man called authorities again to report notes that were left at the home near the mailbox, the complaint said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
The ache at the sight of an empty mailbox was, in my memory, more than balanced out by the ecstasy at the letter that finally arrived.
—Melissa Kirsch, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Nick Martin, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Police arrived and found the woman and her two children, all of whom were crying, standing outside near the home’s mailbox.
—Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Then, the next day, the man called authorities again to report notes that were left at the home near the mailbox, the complaint said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
The ache at the sight of an empty mailbox was, in my memory, more than balanced out by the ecstasy at the letter that finally arrived.
—Melissa Kirsch, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mailbox
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“Mailbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mailbox. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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mailbox
noun
mail·box
ˈmā(ə)l-ˌbäks
1
: a public box in which to place outgoing mail
2
: a private box (as on a house) for the delivery of incoming mail
3
: a computer file in which email is collected
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