mailing

noun

mail·​ing ˈmā-liŋ 

: mail sent at one time to multiple addressees by a sender (as for promotional purposes)

Examples of mailing in a Sentence

Get the check ready for mailing and take it to the post office.

The charity sent out several mailings to everyone on its mailing list.

Recent Examples on the Web

In the early days of personal computers, word processing software such as WordStar and WordPerfect offered a feature called Mail Merge that enabled users to personalize mass mailings. —Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025

Notices sent out in mass mailings this week are terminating over 90% of USAID's contracts for humanitarian and development work around the world, and the Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a judge's order requiring the administration to release billions of dollars in foreign aid. —Gary Fields and Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025

The only real drawback to me is the idea of replacing and mailing in the cartridges. —Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 11 Feb. 2025

The moves come months after CISA and the FBI aided states responding to a slew of Election Day bomb threats and white powder mailings. —Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing mailing

• mailing address
• mailing label
• mailing list
• self-mailing

Rhymes for mailing

• ailing
• bailing
• baling
• failing
• flailing
• grayling
• hailing
• jailing
• nailing
• paling
• railing
• sailing