post·age-stamp
ˈpō-stij-ˌstamp 
: suggesting a postage stamp in size : very small
postage-stamp yards
: a government adhesive stamp or imprinted stamp for use on mail as evidence of prepayment of postage
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Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
The premise was simple: Pass your work around with just a postage stamp.
—Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 5 June 2024
Baguette Stamps: Joining the ranks of the screen goddess Brigitte Bardot and the Eiffel Tower, another French treasure is being celebrated with its own postage stamp: the baguette.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 5 June 2024
More:Phony postage stamp discounts are scamming online buyers: What to know
Who writes checks anymore?
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2024
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Noun
The photograph was made into a postage stamp in 1969 and galvanized the environmental protection movement, appearing on posters during the first Earth Day in 1970, the New York Times’ Richard Goldstein reports.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
The premise was simple: Pass your work around with just a postage stamp.
—Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 5 June 2024
Baguette Stamps: Joining the ranks of the screen goddess Brigitte Bardot and the Eiffel Tower, another French treasure is being celebrated with its own postage stamp: the baguette.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 5 June 2024
More:Phony postage stamp discounts are scamming online buyers: What to know
Who writes checks anymore?
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for postage-stamp
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“Postage-stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postage-stamp. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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