the Post Office

noun

: the government department in charge of collecting and delivering mail

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His father returned to the Post Office, eventually becoming head of the London Chief Office and became involved in anti-war activism, joining the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 Planning Group members enthusiastically supported the idea for the Post Office name change, statue and mural at the July 3 meeting. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025 However, that changed as the Post Office strengthened the physical security of blue collection boxes. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 The move comes with factual dramas like Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Adolescence and Toxic Town having lit up the small screen of late, despite a funding crisis in UK scripted. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Post Office

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