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The department uses a Rural Mail Carrier Survey to track Ohio’s rabbit population, which involves distributing survey cards to all postmasters across the state, who then give the cards to the carriers delivering mail on rural routes.
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Emma Wozniak, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
Franklin, who’d spent nearly four decades as Philadelphia’s postmaster, had a genius for efficiency, Kochersperger said.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 July 2025
His father was a mostly unsuccessful lawyer, a downbeat man who also worked as a shopkeeper, postmaster and judge.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Tension and complaints grew in the 1890s as a record-breaking number of Black postmasters were appointed by Republican politicians in the South, courting and rewarding the Black vote.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
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Emma Wozniak, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
Franklin, who’d spent nearly four decades as Philadelphia’s postmaster, had a genius for efficiency, Kochersperger said.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 July 2025
His father was a mostly unsuccessful lawyer, a downbeat man who also worked as a shopkeeper, postmaster and judge.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Tension and complaints grew in the 1890s as a record-breaking number of Black postmasters were appointed by Republican politicians in the South, courting and rewarding the Black vote.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postmaster
Noun
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The postmistress, Christine Moss, is Jim and Jessie’s niece-in-law, and lives in the house next to the post office with her fisherman husband, Howard.—
Robert Finch
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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In late 1902, the town of Indianola, Mississippi, attempted to drive out Minnie Cox, the first Black postmistress in the state.—
Sarah Prager,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Goodall launched the Jane Goodall Institute and became a UN messenger of peace during her lifetime.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Party has failed to find both a singular message and messenger, Jon Allsop argues in his latest column.—
Erin Neil,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Postmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmaster. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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