postal service

noun

|Updated on: 16 Jun 2018

Definition of postal service

: post office 1

Recent Examples of postal service from the Web

Shade also encouraged people to contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the law enforcement arm of the postal service.

— allison kite, kansascity, "Let Amazon in your house? Get mail at your desk? Here’s how to beat ‘porch pirates’," 13 June 2018
But the postal service, the postmaster general said to have told the president that the service actually benefits from Amazon shipping.

— Fox News, "N.Y. Times' mea culpa on FBI probe," 21 May 2018
In other parts of the world, the postal service dates back even further.

— simon r. gardner, The Atlantic, "98 Years of Mail Fraud," 4 May 2018
The postal service argued that the value of its sponsorship of Armstrong was diminished because of Lance’s cheating.

— jay brinker, Cincinnati.com, "Guest TML: Watching Blue Jackets-Capitals is like watching Marvin Lewis v. Mick Cronin," 20 Apr. 2018
Get our daily newsletter As a result, the postal service in America has again become controversial.

— The Economist, "Amazon is not the only threat to legacy post offices," 19 Apr. 2018
Smartphone research is rooted partly in a 2008 study by the U.K.’s postal service.

— tripp mickle, WSJ, "Your Phone Is Almost Out of Battery. Remain Calm. Call A Doctor.," 4 May 2018
Jerry French was indicted last week in Dayton’s U.S. District Court on counts of making false, fictitious and fraudulent statements to medical personnel and the postal service which led to Office of Workers’ Compensation Benefits of $93,971.42.

— mark gokavi, ajc, "Feds: Postal worker on disability got $94,000, was in 35 motorcycle races," 22 Mar. 2018
Any relocation would not affect mail delivery, according to the postal service.

— mary shanklin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Orlando's Colonialtown post office sells, to close in 2020," 22 Aug. 2017

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