post office
noun
1
: a government department or agency handling the transmission of mail
2
: a local branch of a national post office handling the mail for a particular place or area
3
: a game in which a player acting as postmaster or postmistress may exact a kiss from one of the opposite sex as payment for the pretended delivery of a letter
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Its only post office is in danger of closing due to lack of funding, and fliers are posted up on lamp posts asking for financial support from the community.
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Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, in the present day, Gary is showing Xavier around the post office.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
Mosely retired from the post office in 1992, after a forty-year tenure.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 Mar. 2026
Investigators seized two packages that were mailed by a member of the organization from a post office in West Hartford to addresses in southern California.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
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Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, in the present day, Gary is showing Xavier around the post office.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
Mosely retired from the post office in 1992, after a forty-year tenure.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 Mar. 2026
Investigators seized two packages that were mailed by a member of the organization from a post office in West Hartford to addresses in southern California.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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