envelope

noun

Definition of envelopenext
as in package

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Recent Examples of envelope The White House team made clear that if even one ballot envelope in a batch mailing didn’t match the state list, the entire mailing should be rejected and election officials should be notified. — Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2026 Bye Aerospace plans to progressively expand the aircraft’s flight envelope as testing continues. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026 An envelope filled with 19 $100 bills sat inside his shirt pocket. — Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 The Agent Is The New Attack Surface A conventional chatbot has a narrow operating envelope. — Ed Fox, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for envelope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envelope
  1. package
  2. wrapper
  3. mail
  4. cuticle
  5. skin
Noun
  • The House already passed this summer a $95 billion blueprint for a third package centered on funding for the military and the Iran war, farm relief, and election security measures.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The six-rotor drones, which will initially take to the skies in Northern California, are capable of carrying a package the size and weight of 80% of the typical orders that DoorDash delivers from restaurants.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of package
Noun
  • That question only gets asked at scale once people have experienced the wrapper first.
    — Ivan Kan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • A lot of what’s being shipped today is thin wrapper technology without a real foundation of data or trust underneath it, and that tends to get exposed once tools are actually running in production at scale.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of wrapper
Noun
  • The polling punctuates widespread Democratic warnings about Trump laying the groundwork for interfering in the midterm elections by asserting more control over mail-in voting and dispatching Justice Department monitors to polling places.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Bakker was indicted in 1988 for mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy after an investigation of PTL's finances.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of mail
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  • This in-shower treatment smooths the cuticle for reflective, glass-like shine, leaving strands softer, silkier, and ultra-glossy in just one minute.
    — Madison San Miguel, Allure, 6 Oct. 2026
  • When strands are dry or damaged, the cuticle lifts and starts pulling water from the air, which is why the same head of hair can look glossy in January and a halo of static by August.
    — Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of cuticle
Noun
  • There are bespoke treatments by Bamford and renowned Irish skin care brand Voya (the Seaweed Leaf Wrap will leave your skin feeling baby-soft).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Prescription and over-the-counter skin products, especially retinoids, exfoliating acids, acne treatments, and lightening products.
    — Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of skin

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