MAILED Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

mailed

verb

past tense of mail

as in posted

to send through the postal system if you don't mail that letter soon, it's going to arrive late

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received
got

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Recent Examples of mailed Sample ballots mailed out to voters in Anne Arundel County were missing the last two ballot pages, according to Maryland's State Board of Election (SBE). — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 That's because while the IRS generally considers a return filed on the day it is postmarked, most states require mail-in ballots to arrive by Election Day, regardless of when they were mailed or postmarked. — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Election experts say that makes the demand on California — where ballots have already been mailed out — even more concerning. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 They’ll be mailed to each woman’s family when the day is over. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026 Trump seized on Monday upon an incident in Maricopa County, Arizona, where officials said Sunday that a contractor accidentally mailed 3,126 early ballots six days before they were supposed to be sent out. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 Miller imported plutonium from Russia and arranged for it to be mailed to him at his Massachusetts residence, prosecutors said. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Parton celebrated when the library mailed its 100-millionth book in 2018. — Alex H. Poole, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026 The checks are scheduled to be mailed about five weeks before the November midterm elections, when health care costs and affordability remain major campaign issues. — Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026

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posted

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In a statement posted to Facebook, the Wichita Police Department asked anyone with video of the incident to upload it so investigators could take a look.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
Vinyl records just posted their nineteenth consecutive year of growth, passing $1 billion in US sales in an era when streaming has made music essentially free.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

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