snail mail
noun
1
informal
: mail delivered by a postal system especially when contrasted with email : mail sense 1a
I avoid using e-mail to complain. I use the phone or old-fashioned snail mail.—
Arlene Silverman
Arlene Silverman2
informal
: a nation's postal system : mail sense 2
The others have taken the traditional route: sending checks by snail mail.—Stephen Gandel
Stephen GandelExamples of snail mail in a Sentence
She still uses snail mail for paying bills.
I can be contacted by e-mail and snail mail.
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Betty White, Oak Park native and TV’s Golden Girl, celebrated at stamp ceremony in Los Angeles
Betty White is making her mark on the nation’s snail mail.
—Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Each identity saves a simple collection of personal data, including name details, snail mail address, email, and phone number.
—PCMAG, 6 June 2024
Cybercriminals will try literally anything to make money from their victims, be that a bizarre ransomware by snail mail campaign or the use of deepfake face-swap videos.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
In the end, the public voted via snail mail for a person who embodied perhaps the exact opposite of both — Miskel Spillman, an elderly widow whose first plane ride ever brought her to New York City to stand beside her fellow finalists.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Each identity saves a simple collection of personal data, including name details, snail mail address, email, and phone number.
—PCMAG, 6 June 2024
Cybercriminals will try literally anything to make money from their victims, be that a bizarre ransomware by snail mail campaign or the use of deepfake face-swap videos.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
In the end, the public voted via snail mail for a person who embodied perhaps the exact opposite of both — Miskel Spillman, an elderly widow whose first plane ride ever brought her to New York City to stand beside her fellow finalists.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Snail mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snail%20mail. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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