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mailed

American  
[meyld] / meɪld /

adjective

  1. clad or armed with mail.

    a mailed knight.


Other Word Forms

  • unmailed adjective

Etymology

Origin of mailed

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; mail 2, -ed 3

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Example Sentences

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Nonplussed but undeterred, Cook mailed the documents again.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Postal delays can affect ballots mailed by elderly voters, rural voters, or voters who lack reliable transportation to polling places.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

But petitions that have been mailed and texted to California voters in recent days demonstrate the stakes in a contest that has drawn tens of millions of dollars in campaign spending.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Down the sidewalk, I mailed packages for our boys at the pack-and-ship shop, and stopped to photocopy teaching materials for my weekly state-prison volunteering gig.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

About a month after I had mailed the application form to Princeton University, a reply came.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane