1
: of or relating to the mails or the post office
2
: conducted by mail
postal chess
3
: insanely or murderously violent
—usually used in the phrase go postal
Examples of postal in a Sentence
Postal rates are going up.
The city worked to quickly restore postal service.
Recent Examples on the Web
The postal clerk formed the Society for Human Rights, but was arrested in 1924, for being gay.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
That’s nearly double the second-place finisher, Texas, which had 358 reported dog bites on postal carriers.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
As the battle plays out in court, the USPS followed the White House’s order that the agency propose a rule outlining a method for each state and the postal carrier to agree on a list of voters eligible to receive mail-in and absentee ballots, and how mail-in ballots should be packaged.
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Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
10 June 2026
On the day 5-year-old Lens Joseph was killed by a Boston Public Schools bus last year, the driver had already struck a postal truck, ignored a stop sign and missed several stops, prosecutors said.
—
Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
8 June 2026
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
That’s nearly double the second-place finisher, Texas, which had 358 reported dog bites on postal carriers.
—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
As the battle plays out in court, the USPS followed the White House’s order that the agency propose a rule outlining a method for each state and the postal carrier to agree on a list of voters eligible to receive mail-in and absentee ballots, and how mail-in ballots should be packaged.
—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
10 June 2026
On the day 5-year-old Lens Joseph was killed by a Boston Public Schools bus last year, the driver had already struck a postal truck, ignored a stop sign and missed several stops, prosecutors said.
—
Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
8 June 2026
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“Postal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postal. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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postal
adjective
post·al
ˈpōs-tᵊl 
: of or relating to mail or to the post office
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