forwarding addresses

Where mail follows

A forwarding address is where mail should be sent after someone moves from their previous location.

When you leave a residence or close a business, you file a forwarding address with the postal service so correspondence reaches you: We left a forwarding address with the landlord.

The plural often appears in contexts of evasion—someone who vanishes without leaving forwarding addresses doesn't want to be found.

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postal codes · notification · mailbox · correspondence · recipient · undeliverable mail · changes · moves · delivery routes · parcel delivery · certified mail · mail sorting · return receipts · tracking numbers · USPS · postal worker · mail hold · delivery confirmation

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