postal service

noun

Examples of postal service in a Sentence

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Konan’s lawyers say refusal-to-deliver cases are rare and letting her suit continue would not cripple the postal service. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025 Smaller packages shipped via standard postal service will be taxed at 30% or $25 per package, rising to $50 in June. Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025 Postal workers first earned the right to collectively bargain in 1970, Capone said, and since the early 80s the postal service has managed to exist without the benefit of additional federal dollars or support. Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 24 Mar. 2025 The post office is governed by strict federal laws on mail’s privacy which could potentially have made the postal service a haven for activists and marginalized people to communicate safely. Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for postal service

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of postal service was in 1885

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“Postal service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postal%20service. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

postal service

noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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