mailing

noun

mail·​ing ˈmā-liŋ How to pronounce mailing (audio)
: 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.
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That money will pay for the Fox Valley United Way to enroll children, process sign-ups and coordinate the mailing of books. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025 Filing online for an extension or mailing in Form 4868 technically only gave you more time to file a return. Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024 From an initial mailing to twelve thousand seven hundred households in Deschutes County, about a hundred and twenty people responded. Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024 The mailings included more than 25,000 to those with more than $1 million in income and over 100,000 to people with incomes between $400,000 and $1 million between tax years 2017 and 2021. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mailing 

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mailing was in 1928

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“Mailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mailing. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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