post·mark
ˈpōs(t)-ˌmärk 
: an official postal marking on a piece of mail
specifically
: a mark showing the post office and date of mailing
Examples of postmark in a Sentence
Verb
The package was postmarked 13 February.
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Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
29 June 2026
This is especially true now that current law allows for absentee ballots without a postmark to be turned in up to three days after the election.
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Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
17 June 2026
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Trump has argued for an end to the grace periods that many states allow for mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
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Noun
During the 2024 election, 28 million mail ballots were cast in the 14 states with postmark deadlines and grace periods, according to EAC.
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Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
29 June 2026
This is especially true now that current law allows for absentee ballots without a postmark to be turned in up to three days after the election.
—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
17 June 2026
Verb
With the November midterm elections just months away, the case threatened to upend similar laws in more than a dozen states that allow ballots that are postmarked by, but arrive after, Election Day to be tallied.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Trump has argued for an end to the grace periods that many states allow for mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day.
—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
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“Postmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmark. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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