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junk mail
noun
: unsolicited mail that consists mainly of promotional materials, catalogs, and requests for donations
Examples of junk mail in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Toss junk mail and pamphlets older than five years from your desk, surfaces, and drawers.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
Keep reading for steps to banish junk mail, make your phone less annoying and improve your cybersecurity.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
Big Mama used the back of junk mail envelopes to balance her budget.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
The whiffs on ball carriers piled up like junk mail at election time.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
The Impact of Junk Mail The effects of junk mail are far-reaching.
—Rebecca Clarke, Treehugger, 25 July 2023
In a two-page order, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote off the brochure as junk mail and not a violation of legal ethics or an attempt to harass the defendants who received it.
—Chris Joyner, ajc, 14 Sep. 2023
There is suspiciously little junk mail, given that his email addresses are freely available to the public through a quick Google search.
—Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
That can happen because the enrollee has moved sometime in the last few years and thus never received a renewal application, or was confused by the application or mistook it for junk mail and ignored or discarded it.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined above
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“Junk mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junk%20mail. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
junk mail
noun
: mail that consists mostly of advertising circulars and is often addressed to "occupant" or "resident"
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