postal service

noun

Examples of postal service in a Sentence

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Police said the postal service employee, fearing for her safety, gave the woman the items. Michael Guise, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025 Denmark’s postal service delivered more than 90% fewer letters in 2024 than in 2000. Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025 The tentative deals cover roughly 55,000 of the postal service’s 62,000 employees, represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Dec. 2025 Soon, Sweden’s postal service issued stamps bearing images of af Klint’s paintings. Alice Gregory, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for postal service

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

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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 8 Jan. 2026.

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postal service

noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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