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Recent Examples of postmaster
Five years ago, before the board nominated DeJoy as its 75th postmaster, stamps cost 50 cents.
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Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Mar. 2025
Yet, as the Smithsonian National Postal Museum makes clear, Black postmasters suffered the backlash of this visibility and respect—falling victim to harassment, violence, and murder.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
In 1835, an anti-abolition mob raided the Charleston, South Carolina, post office and, with the help of the city postmaster, burned bundles of abolitionist newspapers.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
The first postage stamps Until 1847, people would take correspondence to the post office, where the postmaster would mark the postage in the upper right corner.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Mar. 2025
Yet, as the Smithsonian National Postal Museum makes clear, Black postmasters suffered the backlash of this visibility and respect—falling victim to harassment, violence, and murder.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
In 1835, an anti-abolition mob raided the Charleston, South Carolina, post office and, with the help of the city postmaster, burned bundles of abolitionist newspapers.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
The first postage stamps Until 1847, people would take correspondence to the post office, where the postmaster would mark the postage in the upper right corner.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 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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One of the elders rose from the church’s woven mats, walked to a small cabinet of lacquered wood, lifted its lid, and produced a large Israeli flag: this was the messenger’s gift.—
Pete McKenzie,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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The researchers then sought to gain a deeper understanding of the biology underlying the connection between melatonin secretion and ADHD symptoms by examining levels of the inflammatory messenger interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the children’s blood.—
Paul McClure
June 09,
New Atlas,
9 June 2025
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“Postmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmaster. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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