Examples of letter carrier in a Sentence
we like to leave a little gift in the mailbox around Christmas for our letter carrier
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His mother was a teacher and his father was a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service.
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 8 Feb. 2026
This means that the postmark date won’t necessarily match the date when the mail was dropped off at a retail location or collected by a letter carrier, USPS officials said.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2026
As a result, the postmark date may not match the day a letter carrier collected the mail or a customer left it at a post office, the agency said.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
Gates’ death resurfaced for local carriers in summer 2025 after Jacob Taylor, a Dallas letter carrier, collapsed on his route on a day when temperatures were in the 90s.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 8 Feb. 2026
This means that the postmark date won’t necessarily match the date when the mail was dropped off at a retail location or collected by a letter carrier, USPS officials said.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2026
As a result, the postmark date may not match the day a letter carrier collected the mail or a customer left it at a post office, the agency said.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
Gates’ death resurfaced for local carriers in summer 2025 after Jacob Taylor, a Dallas letter carrier, collapsed on his route on a day when temperatures were in the 90s.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Letter carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/letter%20carrier. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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