certified mail

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Recent Examples of certified mail The old law had required that the executor send you notice by registered or certified mail, and then provide proof of service to the court. Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 30 July 2023 Resumes sent by registered or certified mail to the Metro Council Clerk, 601 W. Jefferson St., 40202, must be postmarked no later than March 3 and must be received in the clerk’s office within four business days after mailing. Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 24 Feb. 2023 Regular and certified mail letters were sent to Perdue and Larson to notify them their forms were overdue, board attorney Monica Conrad said, adding the certified letters came back to the county but the other ones did not. Amy Lavalley, chicagotribune.com, 15 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for certified mail
Noun
  • That document was sent by registered mail to the U.S. Senate and the National Archives.
    Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2022
  • In ways that vary state by state, each state's electors then prepare six Certificates of Vote, which are sent by registered mail to the President of the U.S. Senate and the Archivist of the United States.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • Competition also came from airlines and intercity bus lines that could easily carry parcel post on their routes.
    Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Extending parcel post to the countryside was vehemently opposed by merchants, who feared competition from Sears Roebuck and other mail order houses.
    Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021
Noun
  • The museum’s galleries and library archives were sealed off from smoke damage through special handling systems, and officials said that the double-walled construction of the galleries protects the artwork.
    Matt Stevens, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Washing fine china can be stressful, in part because delicate items require special handling, and also because these pieces hold significance or value.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • There's a special delivery heading to YouTube—a brand-new series called Mail with Mr. ZIP.
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Recipients were randomly selected for the special deliveries from Focus: HOPE's Food for Seniors program.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The days of just focusing on email or direct mail are long gone.
    Raviraj Hegde, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The effort became a centerpiece of a burgeoning push to grow the grassroots conservative movement using a new technique: direct mail.
    Aaron Coy Moulton / Made by History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Enable two-factor authentication wherever possible to add an extra layer of security to your accounts. 5) Beware of snail mail scams: While most people focus on digital threats, physical mail scams can also follow a data breach like this.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The only way to communicate mainly was through snail mail, and sometimes the snails got to the mail first.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail.
    Juan Peña, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
  • According to the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service, paper refund checks sent by mail are 16 times more likely to have an issue—including getting lost, being misdirected, stolen or uncashed.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • No wonder the reply rate to USPS junk mail is only 2%.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Begin by putting a stop to the incoming clutter, like junk mail.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2025

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