variants
or in-box
plural inboxes or in-boxes
1
: a box or tray (as on a desk) for holding incoming interoffice mail
2
: a computer folder devoted to incoming email
One of my favorite rituals soon became scanning our email inbox, looking for your photographs … and reading the letters you sent …—
Amy Virshup
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Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2025
Next-Generation Wearables Forbes Daily: Join over 1 million Forbes Daily subscribers and get our best stories, exclusive reporting and essential analysis of the day’s news in your inbox every weekday.
—Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Weekly Newsletter Get your fix of JSTOR Daily’s best stories in your inbox each Thursday.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Sign up here to receive The Athletic’s free daily NFL newsletter in your inbox, and check out our other newsletters.
—Jacob Robinson, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Related: Get more of SELF’s stellar product recommendations delivered right to your inbox (for free!).
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 24 Jan. 2025
Get the Robb Report newsletter for similar stories delivered straight to your inbox.
—Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Inbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inbox. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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