variants
or in-box
plural inboxes or in-boxes
1
: a box or tray (as on a desk) for holding incoming interoffice mail
2
: a computer folder devoted to incoming email
One of my favorite rituals soon became scanning our email inbox, looking for your photographs … and reading the letters you sent …—
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—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2025
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—Zach Harper, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Inbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inbox. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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