mail room

noun

: the room in an office where mail is handled
He has a job in the mail room.

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In the former Goddard mail room, where students once collected letters and packages, neighbors now gather for dinner at the new restaurant. — Olivia Fletcher, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026 Plans also call for a 4,340-square-foot community building with a leasing office and amenities, including a fitness center, lounge with kitchen, mail room, pool, spa, cabana, bicycle storage and pet area. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026 The development with feature a lobby, community room, fitness center and mail room on its first floor, and then apartments on floors two through five. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026 The latest Keys to Change mail room contract appears unchanged from the 2009 agreement, according to Schwabenlender. — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2025 One user recalled how working in a university mail room in 2001 gave them an early glimpse of Amazon's growing footprint. — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025 According to police, the two grabbed a garbage bag, forced open the door and stuffed seven packages from the building’s mail room into the bag; Robbins was the lookout during the burglary and had the bag when cops arrested him that same day. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025

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“Mail room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mail%20room. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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