: 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
The first was in 2011, when leadership decided to split the DVD mailing business and the streaming platform into two services, asking customers to pay for subscriptions to both.
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Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
My campaign produced 11 mailings, and Jones sent out more than 15.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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
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Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
My campaign produced 11 mailings, and Jones sent out more than 15.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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
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“Mailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mailing. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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