the Post Office

noun

: the government department in charge of collecting and delivering mail

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Baby Reindeer and Mr Bates vs the Post Office led the pack with four nominations each, followed by Mr Loverman, Rivals, Say Nothing, Slow Horses andThe Traitors with three. Brendan Le, People.com, 11 May 2025 From 1872 until 1971, the Post Office Department was an official part of the president’s cabinet, and the postmaster general was in the line of presidential succession. Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025 Breakfast’s coverage of the Post Office scandal is evidence of this and earned the show its first-ever BAFTA TV Awards nomination last month. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025 Netflix hit series Baby Reindeer leads the nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards and the BAFTA Television Craft Awards, unveiled on Thursday, with eight, followed by Disney+ series Rivals, Apple TV+ hit Slow Horses and ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office with six nods each. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Post Office

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“The Post Office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Post%20Office. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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