voice mail
noun
an electronic system enabling the recording and storage of (usually digitized) voice messages, which can subsequently be retrieved by the intended recipient.
voicemail
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a variation of
voice mail.
Example Sentences
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The couple later claimed they got a threatening voicemail from Ochoa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
"Obviously the ringing tone didn't even come up. It was just straight to voicemail", he recalled.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
However, if your friend has texts, emails, voicemail messages or even notes made around the time he instructed the lawyer not to settle, those could help corroborate his account.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Three months after Tired_Thumb learned of the government investigation, a New York poll worker named Paigelynne Gonyea received a voicemail from a man identifying himself as an agent with Homeland Security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
I erased the message from the school that was on our home phone voicemail.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
