as in mail
communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system
the post always comes at tea time
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as in job
a specific task with which a person or group is charged
selling lemonade was my post at the church fair
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as in place
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay
she's held a number of teaching posts at local colleges
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as in to publish
to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place
the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board
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as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
posted the students' grades
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Recent Examples of post
Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 22 June 2026
Google made an investment in A24 as part of the collaboration, wrote Eli Collins, VP Product, Google DeepMind, in a blog post Monday.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 June 2026
Ines Capdevila, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
Lestino joined the park staff in January, his first posting at a national park.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
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Savannah’s post comes nearly five months after her 84-year-old mother Nancy was reported missing from her Tucson, Arizona home on February 1.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 22 June 2026
Google made an investment in A24 as part of the collaboration, wrote Eli Collins, VP Product, Google DeepMind, in a blog post Monday.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 June 2026
Verb
Trump posted on Truth Social late Sunday night, alongside an article about the results.
—Ines Capdevila, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
Lestino joined the park staff in January, his first posting at a national park.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for post
Noun
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She was sentenced in October 2014 to 15 months in prison after striking a deal with prosecutors and agreeing to plead guilty to mail, wire and bank fraud for falsifying statements on loan applications.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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The Smyrna city government alerted residents about the ongoing impacts the FIFA World Cup may be having on mail delivery in the area.—
CBS News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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That means taking away human driver jobs could be particularly detrimental in the state.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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Young men with at least a bachelor’s degree spent an average of 14 hours less annually on the job between 2019 and 2022.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
Noun
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Pages was one of four Dodgers leading their respective position groups, joined by first baseman Freddie Freeman, third baseman Max Muncy and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, who led all players with 1,165,133 votes.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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In some cases, positions left vacant by retiring or resigning employees were not filled.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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In a report made public on Monday, the National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South was triggered in early June 2021 when two connections between garage columns and the condominium’s pool deck failed.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
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In this illustration for a gossip column printed sometime in 1831-2, the writer George Sand is on the protective, even chivalrous arm of a man, but she’s also dressed in men’s clothes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
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His fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, and Best American Short Stories, among other publications, and his nonfiction has been published in the New York Times, Nation, Boston Globe, and elsewhere.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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It’s composed largely of her brilliant, almost painfully intimate essays, originally published in The New Yorker, about the fraught dynamics between mothers and daughters.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is reportedly considering stepping down and could announce a timetable for his departure as early as Monday, according to a report published Saturday.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
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Pakistan has operated as a major mediator in US-Iran talks since a ceasefire was first announced.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
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As detailed by Zachary Folk of Forbes, Brunson signed with the Knicks in 2022 for more than $104 million—a bargain for a future Finals MVP when superstars like Nikola Jokic were signing contracts worth up to $276 million.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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As a commentary in Thursday’s Opinion section detailed, polls show about half of Americans are deeply skeptical of the data centers springing up across the nation to supply the immense electricity needs of the rapidly booming artificial intelligence economy.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 June 2026
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Having trouble getting your message across?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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New signs are emerging that the controversial Alligator Alcatraz detention center in the Florida Everglades may soon shut down, despite conflicting messages from state officials in recent weeks.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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“Post.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/post. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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