postmasters

plural of postmaster

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Noun
  • One of the body’s natural defense mechanisms against a virus like COVID or influenza is the release of cytokines, proteins that act as chemical messengers helping to coordinate the immune system’s response.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • More than 11,000 delegates, known as messengers, were attending.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Two postmen came every day; the one from the South generally came earlier.
    Colm Tóibín, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Postmasters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmasters. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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