I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a mailing list (= a list of people that a company sends information to )
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If you do not want to be on our mailing list, please tick the box below.
a postal/mailing address (= the place where a letter is sent )
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Please give your bank’s full postal address.
an email/mail message (= a message that you receive by email )
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Just send me an email message to let me know what time.
certified mail
chain mail
direct mail
electronic mail
express mail
fan mail
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The group receives lots of fan mail.
first-class stamp/mail/post etc
hate mail (= letters or messages expressing hate and threats towards someone )
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Since appearing on the show she has even received hate mail from the public.
hate mail
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She complained to the police after receiving hate mail.
junk mail
mail carrier
mail delivery ( also postal delivery British English )
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The strike stopped mail deliveries to 20,000 homes and businesses.
mail drop
mail order
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It is available by mail order from Green Life Products.
mail slot
mail train
mailing list
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I have included you on my mailing list for new EFL software.
snail mail
surface mail
voice mail
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
available
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In the past two months there has been a rash of newspaper advertisements for unlicensed patches available by mail order.
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These are now available by mail or to personal callers at the show society's Godalming office.
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This is available from mail order suppliers fairly cheaply.
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A pack of 10 phials costs £19.95 and is available by mail order from Foltene,.
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The above are available , mail order from: The Traveller's Bookshop,,.
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Prices available on request. Available by mail order from Adrian Arbib, London.
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It is available by mail order or at your local hobby shop.
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It is only available via mail order from Cordingley Barnes.
direct
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The Advertising Standards Authority embraces press, poster, cinema advertising and direct mail .
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And, coupons come via direct mail .
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Selling direct , by mail order and on the telephone, is cost effective, which means low prices for recession-strapped customers.
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Unit costs for brochures, catalogs, and other direct mail pieces.
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If you have any serious claims to be a manager you must refuse to accept paperwork direct from the mail room.
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News releases, brochures, newspaper advertising, direct mail and public service announcements are also in the works.
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The direct mail business is a growth industry.
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The program includes brochures, direct mail , television and radio ads, utility bill inserts and the live-operator call center.
electronic
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But they do compete in advanced services like electronic mail and computer-data networks.
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Send electronic mail to neighborhood leaders in BelairEdison.
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Dwight Silverman can receive electronic mail via the Internet.
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Some better-known examples are electronic mail , enhanced fax, and electronic data interchange.
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Electronic networks, such as electronic mail and computer bulletin boards, extend this changing political identity even further.
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The WorldNet Service will include Internet directories and other navigational aides as well as electronic mail .
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It happens via electronic mail , in discussion groups and particularly in chat areas, where people type messages to each other.
hate
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I was wondering, would you know if any other subscriber to the hunt had received similar hate mail ?
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From the early days Kylie was plagued by obscene phone calls and hate mail .
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Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson claims he received hate mail abuse from fans during last season's disastrous championship defence.
incoming
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Mail for guests in residence Any incoming mail for guests should be sorted and placed in the letter rack.
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Each neuron is a node where thousands of wires converge, where incoming mail is digested and sometimes turned into outgoing mail.
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Most programs can filter incoming mail into designated mailboxes, either as it arrives or afterwards.
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I would only trash incoming mail from obvious opponents and obvious loonies.
internal
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Then I sort the internal mail for the office.
■ NOUN
air
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Onion skin a translucent lightweight paper used in air mail stationery.
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In deference to all concerned in the service there was no publicity given to the story of the forgotten air mail .
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Unless sent by an air courier, an ocean bill of lading can take as long as a week to arrive by air mail .
chain
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Eleventh-century Norman knight with chain mail coat, kite-shaped shield, sword and long lance which could be used from horseback.
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It began to appear more convoluted, interlocking chain mail ... some sort of suit.
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Knight, mounting his horse, wearing chain mail of the type developed from eastern sources during Barbarossa's reign.
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Within a space of some twenty years, chain mail virtually replaced a variety of earlier forms of armour.
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Round shields, chain mail and simple conical helmets are clearly visible.
fan
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At any rate, the programme drew a large and regular fan mail .
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Q: Do you read all your fan mail ?
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She tells him For Women have been swamped with fan mail and want to do a contemporary shoot.
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Q: Do you get fan mail , and do you answer it?
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He is happy to receive fan mail at the following address:.
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The Barf-O-Rama Web site has generated fan mail from kids eager to share their own gross tales.
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He also apologizes for not reading all his fan mail , which requires a staff of five.
junk
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She tossed the junk mail in the bin, unopened.
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It almost went out with the rest of the junk mail .
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Many of us find that even if we bin our junk mail , it continues to arrive.
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Often, you have to get unwanted junk mail before you can block it-an unhappy chore at best.
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It was just one more item of junk mail , and he wasn't paying for it.
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If we create coupon books, how do we get them to the on-line customer without flooding the network with junk mail .
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Forty-four percent of the junk mail is never even opened.
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Mind you, I do have a relative who has one tried and tested way of getting rid of his junk mail .
message
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Please read the specified mail message for more information on the error.
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Up to 16 task mail messages may be accessed at one time.
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If the entry is blank, the mail message has not been inspected.
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They can also exchange electronic mail messages and take part in, or initiate, electronic conferences.
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If all the above conditions are met, the new user will be notified by way of a mail message .
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The lower field displays the current page number of this mail message .
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The submitter also receives an additional mail message if the package has been denied, giving the reason for denying approval.
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However, if the mail message has two or more pages, you can use this field to inspect the remaining pages.
order
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A pack of 10 phials costs £19.95 and is available by mail order from Foltene,.
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They discovered that the pair were also trading at a stall in Abingdon and by mail order .
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The above are available, mail order from: The Traveller's Bookshop,,.
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There is no mail order facility.
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Selling direct, by mail order and on the telephone, is cost effective, which means low prices for recession-strapped customers.
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Mail order: Alternatively you may decide to order your lilies via mail order.
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Banker's Books, particularly the mail order side, continued to make a useful contribution in spite of the recession.
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Available by mail order from Adrian Arbib, London.
system
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It should be noted that the mail system and ERROR.LOG file often provide the best indication of the cause of the problem.
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TeamLinks, which to date only operates on VAX/VME-based systems , comprises an X.400-based mail system and office automation software.
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Some 90% of sales have been for databases, electronic mail systems and Computer Aided Design.
train
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As the mail train thundered past and disappeared into the distance he heard the familiar sound of footsteps.
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Had some one been killed by the mail train ?
voice
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It should also enable the integration of electronic mail , voice mail and facsimile, as well as desktop audio and video conferencing.
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Hackers may call a company employee and reach their voice mail .
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In addition, users can access their voice mail remotely.
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Next, he updates his voice mail , letting callers know who they can reach as a back-up.
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Rambam printed business cards carrying a working telephone number complete with voice mail .
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One afternoon I got home from a business trip, and the first thing I did was check my voice mail .
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These include: Features like voice mail , call waiting and call forwarding.
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Both computers had a 28, 800-baud fax modem, 16 megabytes of random-access memory and voice mail / speakerphone capabilities.
■ VERB
buy
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If you bought mail order, then the first point of contact is the software house or importer concerned.
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But if that's not always possible you can now buy them by mail order from HealthMail.
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Your legal rights are the same when you buy mail order as from a shop.
check
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This identifier should be noted and used to check the mail in the mail options 6.0.0 - Mail System.
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One afternoon I got home from a business trip, and the first thing I did was check my voice mail .
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It will include a sophisticated x-ray machine to check all in-coming mail and courier packages.
create
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In addition, Audio Editor lets users create , playback and mail audio files and annotate text files with audio playback.
deliver
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The rattle of the letterbox told her that the postman had just delivered the mail .
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Postmen were told they might have to take special precautions when delivering mail to farms.
inspect
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It is important, therefore, to inspect the resultant mail message.
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Select Option 6.1.1, Inspect Individual Mail, and inspect the mail message.
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After inspecting an item of mail , each user can elect to delete the message or retain it for later examination.
open
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He lived from hand to mouth making instant resolves every time he opened his mail .
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His manner had been exaggeratedly polite and impersonal when they had opened the mail together earlier.
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Who was opening the mail with Luke?
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Constance would work for de Levantiére answering the telephone, opening the mail and doing any other chores that arose.
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The whereabouts of the other two tureens are still unknown and every time I open the mail I hold out some hope.
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Then you have to allow that Kemp probably doesn't open his own mail .
read
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This is to encourage you to read your mail regularly and clear out any unnecessary messages.
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Q: Do you read all your fan mail ?
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I think they're targeting one or two City firms and getting the inside track by reading their mail .
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Do not read your mail while some one talks.
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Please read the specified mail message for more information on the error.
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He also apologizes for not reading all his fan mail , which requires a staff of five.
receive
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I was wondering, would you know if any other subscriber to the hunt had received similar hate mail ?
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Dwight Silverman can receive electronic mail via the Internet.
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The submitter also receives an additional mail message if the package has been denied, giving the reason for approval being denied.
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When receiving registered mail for an expected guest, what procedure would you follow? 3.
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You will receive a mail message confirming the outcome of the approval.
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I hope you have been receiving mail from me.
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I received my mail at the barracks and showered there in the mornings.
send
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Mr Virdi denied 11 charges relating to sending offensive mail and the alleged attempt to blame a fellow officer.
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Similarly, those outside the university network could not access Web sites or send e-mail.
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Entire word processor documents can be sent as mail items to other users on the network.
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Turn on your computer and take a tour of the TuscanyCanterbury district. Send electronic mail to neighborhood leaders in BelairEdison.
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Two or more users can conduct video phone conversations and access live television pictures or send video mail , for instance.
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That includes writing reports, sending electronic mail and cruising the information superhighway.
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An estimated 35 million people now send electronic mail .
use
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The subjects studied included how to use word processors, how to access Web sites and how to use e-mail.
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They can also use the electronic mail facility, exchange files and join a range of interactive discussions and conferences.
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They are much less likely to be using mail order.
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This identifier should be noted and used to check the mail in the mail options 6.0.0 - Mail System.
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Or still using your mail list until everyone is on?
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When poorer people do use credit, mail order is the key source for them.
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Otherwise, the comment is used in the mail message to inform the package manager that approval has been denied.
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Drawn up by the Advertising Association, the new code covers about 90 percent of the companies that use direct mail .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bulk mail
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Spammers regularly extract all the email addresses from Usenet to add to their bulk mail databases.
express post/mail
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A friend on the Examiner staff sent a supply of Combat by express mail.
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Competition has forced drastic improvements in some areas, such as express mail.
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Editing was done via express mail.
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The thing will make phone calls, fax, send E-mail, post or express mail, address envelops and post reminders.
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There are three principal product areas: letters, express mail and parcels.
second-class mail/post/stamp etc
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First-class and second-class mail should be put through the machine on separate runs.
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The quantity relative for second-class stamps is 140.0, indicating an increase in numbers bought of 40%.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Is that all the mail that came today?
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Sarah brought your mail over.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dwight Silverman can receive electronic mail via the Internet.
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Editing was done via express mail .
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No prisoner touches mail before it's been examined by staff.
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Rambam printed business cards carrying a working telephone number complete with voice mail .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It s just an idea - mail me or the group with any suggestions.
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Some one calculatingly vicious enough to mail death to people he had never met.
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The agents are looking for evidence that puts Kaczynski at each site where a bomb was mailed or placed, officials said.