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Examples of postal service in a Sentence
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In a pending case, a court ordered the postal service to pay the labor department $37,222 for destroying text messages and throwing the personnel records of a probationary mail carrier into the garbage.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 May 2024
The man waived an indictment and pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal service employee on May 20, court documents show.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined above
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“Postal service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postal%20service. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
postal service
noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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