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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Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 12 July 2025
Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Saturday morning.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
News alerts in your inbox: Don't miss the important news of the day.
—Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 12 July 2025
Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Get Inside Wealth directly to your inbox The Inside Wealth newsletter by Robert Frank is your weekly guide to high-net-worth investors and the industries that serve them.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 11 July 2025
Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week.
—Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 11 July 2025
Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 July 2025
Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 30 June 2025
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“Inbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inbox. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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