junk mail

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Recent Examples of junk mail But none of it would have been possible without that piece of junk mail. Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025 No wonder the reply rate to USPS junk mail is only 2%. Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025 Begin by putting a stop to the incoming clutter, like junk mail. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2025 After, tackle your junk mail—not just recycling it, but contacting the senders to be removed from their lists. Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for junk mail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junk mail
Noun
  • The authors of the original Internet protocols, who began their pioneering work in the late 1960s, designed them for a network to be used mainly for sending electronic mail from one computer to another.
    Glenn Edens, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2017
  • In response, seven former EEOC officials sent Lucas an open letter via electronic mail on March 18, 2025.
    Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Air mail from New York City to me takes two or three days, only slightly longer than the average time between NYC and Vermont or Pennsylvania.
    John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
  • Owners affected by the recall will begin receiving notifications by mail from Monday, July 14, but an official fix has not yet been disclosed by the carmaker.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Essiedu, meanwhile, signed an open letter in May condemning the U.K. Supreme Court for ruling that transgender women are not legally considered women and transgender men are not legally considered men.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 July 2025
  • Some faculty say that Pinto made decisions like these without including faculty in the decision-making process – despite being sent dozens of emails and an open letter that expressed concern and asked for transparency.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Reb eagerly checked the mailbox every day of his visit in anticipation of receiving more birthday cards.
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 13 July 2025
  • Madison Square Garden was filled with moms and dads with their daughters to watch an all-female card that set a Guinness World Record for most titles on the line in one single card.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • This vote came on July 1 after a challenge where the contestants wrote anonymous or signed postcards to each other with a comment or question.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 5 July 2025
  • Last week, the festival mailed out physical postcards to random former ticket purchasers with visual clues hinting at potential 2025 artists printed onto them.
    Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

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“Junk mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junk%20mail. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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