How to Use postmaster general in a Sentence

postmaster general

noun

• The postmaster general has said the service will abide by any court order.
  — Karen Yourish, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• Bloom, the board’s chair, has publicly backed the postmaster general and his 10-year plan.
  — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2021
• But the names were rejected by the postmaster general for being too long.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
• The former postmaster general never did come up with a reform plan.
  — Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2022
• The postmaster general issues the oath across the country to large groups when time and travel allow.
  — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022
• Those serving on the board are permitted to select a new postmaster general.
  — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2020
• Martin wrote to the postmaster general, who granted the request.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
• The slowdown in the mail this year, and the moves by the new postmaster general to cut expenses, have made many people distrustful of the mail.
  — Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2020
• The postmaster general and board are working on a 10-year plan that will include improvements.
  — David Sharp, Star Tribune, 7 Feb. 2021
• The board has 11 members, nine of whom are appointed by the president, as well as the postmaster general and her deputy.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• The postmaster general was authorized to shut down newspapers deemed to threaten the war effort.
  — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2022
• The postmaster general answers only to the board of governors.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2021
• Democrats in Congress want a new postmaster general, which could happen only if the nine-member governing board changes.
  — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2021
• Final designs undergo a legal review and, once cleared, advance to the postmaster general for the last stamp of approval.
  — Becky Bohrer, ajc, 30 July 2021
• The board of governors, in turn, selects the postmaster general, who is not subject to Senate approval.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 12 Feb. 2021
• The postmaster general serves at the pleasure of the Postal Service’s governing board.
  — Sadie Gurman, WSJ, 3 June 2021
• DeJoy, 63, is the first postmaster general in nearly two decades who is not a career postal employee.
  — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2020
• Many Democrats have accused the president and postmaster general of working to prevent mail-in votes from getting counted in the election.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2020
• The Board of Governors has 11 members, and elects the postmaster general.
  — Author: Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2020
• DeJoy, the new postmaster general, said Friday in his first public remarks since taking the job in June.
  — CBS News, 7 Aug. 2020
• The new postmaster general, among his prior jobs, led Waste Management, the garbage company.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2026
• So the president could certainly direct executive officers, such as the postmaster general, to do things or not do things.
  — John J. Martin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
• A week later, the board announced its selection of a new postmaster general, Louis DeJoy.
  — Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
• The area’s congressional delegation wrote to the postmaster general asking about the long-term plan for Fort Howard.
  — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
• Louis DeJoy, the new postmaster general, said Friday in his first public remarks since taking the job in June.
  — Matthew Daly, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2020
• Only the board has the power to fire DeJoy, rather than the president, and so Democrats see remaking the board as key to the postmaster general’s ouster.
  — Alison Durkee, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
• On Thursday, the postmaster general, David Steiner, encouraged by-mail voters in this year's midterm elections to vote early.
  — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
• There’s a citizens stamp advisory committee that’s selected by the postmaster general, and it’s made up of historians and scholars and history buffs.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026
• Steiner, who began as postmaster general in July, was previously a board member of the FedEx delivery service.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
• Blumenthal, the Connecticut Democrat who received the whistleblower disclosure, asked the postmaster general for detailed info about the plan in a letter this week.
  — Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026