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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Image On the other side of East 138th Street, in a tall public housing building in far greater disrepair than Mr. Mejia’s walkup — the lobby ceiling leaks water near the mailboxes — Caleb Rijos, 14, lived with his father and sister on the 14th floor.
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Michael Wilson, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The actor went on to recount how the pair ran up and down their street shoving their bloody notes into everyone's mailboxes.
—EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025
In June, Kou sued the Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, which paid for the attack ads, alleging one sent to thousands of mailboxes was defamatory.
—James Wilkins, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025
An alias email address is an additional email address that can be used to receive emails in the same mailbox as the primary email address.
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Michael Wilson, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The actor went on to recount how the pair ran up and down their street shoving their bloody notes into everyone's mailboxes.
—EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025
In June, Kou sued the Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, which paid for the attack ads, alleging one sent to thousands of mailboxes was defamatory.
—James Wilkins, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025
An alias email address is an additional email address that can be used to receive emails in the same mailbox as the primary email address.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 8 Jan. 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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