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Examples of mail order in a Sentence
You can purchase the books by mail order.
The store sent out all its mail orders in time for the holiday.
Recent Examples on the Web
An appeals court later reversed that ruling but upheld injunctions against two FDA decisions that extended mifepristone use to 10 weeks of pregnancy from seven, and removed the in-person dispensing requirement, which opened the channels for mail orders of the drug.
—Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
One word of caution when shopping for the gardener: be careful of mail order deals.
—Dennis Patton, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
In 1868, Scotts started as a grass seed mail order company in Ohio, where the company is still headquartered.
—Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
Burpee, founded as a mail order company in 1876 in Pennsylvania by Atlee Burpee, is one of the most popular seed sellers in the country.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2024
Supervisor Cindy Chavez said adding a mail order program was the logical next step as many residents are already used to getting their prescriptions or COVID-19 tests in the mail.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
Includes mail order Note: Adjusted for inflation using the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index
The pandemic supercharged a takeover decades in the making.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
The First Cask bottles were originally sold by mail order, so the creators weren’t thinking about shelf appeal in the way that modern bottlers and distillers do.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
There is, for instance, the sad but whimsical image of Hank Prior waiting at the air strip, stuffed bunny in hand, for his non-existent Russian mail order bride to get off the plane and give his pathetic life meaning.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near mail order
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“Mail order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mail%20order. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
mail order
noun
: an order for goods that is received and filled by mail
mail-order
adjective
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