postal service

noun

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Outside London, with its own postal service, postage—based on weight and distance traveled—was paid by the recipient. Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025 Editor’s note: Per the postal service, the core six post offices in Connecticut were in: Fairfield, Hartford, Middletown, New Haven, New London, Stamford. Stephen Kochersperger, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2025 The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), the federal agency that oversees the postal service, had been weighing approving a 5-cent spike on the stamp, according to a news release in May. Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 13 July 2025 The postal service slowly transported operations from its sorting facility next to the Indianapolis International Airport, but lean staffing levels slowed down the transition. Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 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 22 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

postal service

noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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