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
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Noun
  • They were charged in a 39-count indictment that included conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud.
    Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The bill emerged from a compromise with the Democratic assembly leader, who sought to expand the use of drop boxes for mail ballots.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Young Christoph wrote in the knowledge that Bonhoeffer’s correspondence was being monitored and that a careless word could have fatal consequences.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And underpinning everything—the papers, notes, cuttings, photographs, correspondences and transcripts—is one question, asked again and again and again.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Parcel post.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parcel%20post. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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