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First Known Use of zip-code
1964
zip code
Definition of zip code
Recent Examples of zip code from the Web
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Broyles says customers are acting the same way towards items from Wrangler’s 27406 collection, named after the Greensboro zip code where the brand is headquartered—just a couple miles away from the former Cone Mills space.
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More recently in 2004, the Department of Homeland Security pressed the Census Bureau for zip code-level data on Arab Americans.
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Darryl ran the floor well for a big man, but seldom got layups if Julius Erving were on the wing, or had moved past half court, or was in the same zip code as Cheeks, anyway.
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Freddie will then ask for your zip code. Type it in on your keypad.
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The team then identified a rehab facility in the patient’s zip code, faxed a referral to that facility, and informed the patient that a representative would be in touch, said cardiac nurse Elizabeth Jolly, one of the researchers.
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Go to the websites’ sign-up pages, and you will usually be asked to enter your zip code in order to confirm what’s available.
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The Raiders’ lease at O.co Coliseum expires at season’s end and Davis yearns for either a new stadium for his team (their cross-bay rivals, the San Francisco 49ers, just moved into one) or a new zip code.
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The easiest way to find a location near you: Enter a zip code in the pick-up location box.
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Origin and Etymology of zip code
First Known Use: 1963
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Definition of zip code for English Language Learners
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: a group of numbers that is used in the U.S. as part of an address to identify a mail delivery area (such as a town or a part of a city)
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