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
ABC News,
26 June 2026
But comments on those posts — mostly from people who have not been to the park yet— are negative.
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Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2026
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
The two also posted a video of themselves finding out that Mollica was pregnant shortly afterward on Instagram.
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Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
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Noun
Salih Ozcan kicked a long cross to Can Uzun got the ball in space on the back post slipped it under sprawling goalkeeper Matt Turner to Ayhan.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
But comments on those posts — mostly from people who have not been to the park yet— are negative.
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Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2026
Verb
Hojgaard shoots 62 Nicolai Højgaard posted a clean 8-under-par 62 on Sunday, which was the fourth of five rounds of 62 or better this week.
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Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
The two also posted a video of themselves finding out that Mollica was pregnant shortly afterward on Instagram.
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Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
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Any unsolicited contact about the estate, by phone, mail, or email, should be verified directly with your attorney before any response.
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Someone stole a check in a woman’s outgoing mail between June 8 and June 10.
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But shareholders have pushed back against hefty pay packages, which come during a period of upheaval in Hollywood that has been buffeted by job losses from media consolidation and outsourcing.
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Yet despite those struggles, South Africa, one of Africa’s leading industrial economies, remains a destination for migrants willing to take low-paying jobs in domestic work, security and agriculture.
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And that put him in position to score easily on Tommy Edman’s double to the center-field warning track for the first run of the game.
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Polling tells him that his moderate positions on important policies are popular.
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Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and wrote the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY.
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United is a staple of the gossip column and so supporters must take any reporting about transfer targets linked to their club with a pinch of salt.
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The agency recently published a draft of a new plan to address the safety of train crossings in Missouri.
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Afterpay data published last year in Fortune found that more than half of Gen Z consumers report an aversion to credit cards, with 63% switching to alternative payment methods as a result — making BNPL the de facto checkout tool for the generation Amazon most wants to own.
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Brown passed away from coronary heart disease at his Newport News, Virginia, home on June 17, his family announced on June 26 via his Facebook page.
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The invasive golden mussel has now been confirmed in the Port of West Sacramento, marking the species' northernmost detection in California since it was first discovered in Stockton in 2024, wildlife officials announced Saturday.
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In an interview with Forbes, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination’s Chris Meledandri detail the working relationship between the two companies and how that synergy has led to ongoing success.
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The posts all linked to an official press release on the restaurant's website, which included a lengthy artist's statement that detailed how the large, rectangular collage came together.
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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.
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“Post.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/post. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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