parcel post

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Recent Examples of parcel post Competition also came from airlines and intercity bus lines that could easily carry parcel post on their routes. Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024 Extending parcel post to the countryside was vehemently opposed by merchants, who feared competition from Sears Roebuck and other mail order houses. Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021 The flag arrived at the New York office of the Associated Press in May and was then sent by parcel post to the White House. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian, 30 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parcel post
Noun
  • More than 1,000 employees circumnavigate the bustling fifth floor Tempus office around an atrium that Lefkofsky said was a spiral parking ramp before the building — a National Historic Landmark that once housed the country’s oldest mail-order firm — was converted to tech space 25 years ago.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The fire didn't damage any mail and left minimal damage in the basement because fire crews put it out so quickly, Kloth said.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But correspondence between the county attorney's team and Lewis over the past year, obtained through an open records request, sheds some light on how both sides got to this point.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Boyd denied the request to remove Hartig’s docket and then reaffirmed the move after the complaint was issued, according to additional correspondence provided to the Free Press.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Parcel post.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parcel%20post. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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