Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a wood or metal receptacle placed on a desk to hold incoming material requiring attention, especially documents.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A container in which all the papers to be
dealt with are put. - noun computing an electronic folder serving the same purpose.
- noun figuratively The aggregate of items that demand one's attention or effort.
- verb To put in (someone's) in-box.
Etymologies
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Examples
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One client always referred to her in-box as the “Hell Hole.”
Making Work Work Julie Morgenstern 2004
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One client always referred to her in-box as the “Hell Hole.”
Making Work Work Julie Morgenstern 2004
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Sign up for the Moment of Happiness and each weekday morning, you'll get a happiness quotation in your e-mail in-box.
Gretchen Rubin: 6 Questions to Help You Keep Your Cool Instead of Losing Your Temper Gretchen Rubin 2011
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Thank you very much for the information which arrived in my in-box yesterday afternoon, and I read today.
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If you are a subscriber, #46 should be in your in-box.
In Which the Author Discusses the "M" Word greygirlbeast 2009
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Sign up for the Moment of Happiness and each weekday morning, you'll get a happiness quotation in your e-mail in-box.
Gretchen Rubin: 6 Questions to Help You Keep Your Cool Instead of Losing Your Temper Gretchen Rubin 2011
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However, it becomes nearly impossible to pursue long-term goals when you are guided solely by the most recent e-mail in your in-box or call from a client.
How To Turn Your Creative Brainstorm Into A Completed Project | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Thank you very much for the information which arrived in my in-box yesterday afternoon, and I read today.
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Email flooded into my in-box, and there was much online discussion.
Wayne Besen: Attention Mainstream Christians: Be Fruitful And Amplify Wayne Besen 2011
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Thank you very much for the information which arrived in my in-box yesterday afternoon, and I read today.
hernesheir commented on the word in-box
From wood or metal to cardboard or plastic, and thence to a mirage of electrons dancing on a pinhead of silicone somewhere. My how the thing in-box refers to has changed.
April 17, 2011