as in mails
communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system
the post always comes at tea time
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as in jobs
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 positions
the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain
he wisely stayed at his post during the emergency
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as in places
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 columns
an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure
hung the hammock between a tree and a post in the fence
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as in publishes
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 announces
to make known openly or publicly
posted the students' grades
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Recent Examples of posts
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Turkey’s Defense Ministry said in January that Turkey had hardened its border with Iran by adding 236 miles of concrete walls, 203 optical towers and 43 observation posts.
—Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Locals, tourists and international volunteers were left stranded in their posts all over Haiti.
—Elizabeth Germino, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
More than 904,000 candidates for municipal posts in roughly 35,000 villages, towns and cities are on the ballots Sunday.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
About 70 monitoring posts would have sent their data to them, as per the BBC.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
Turkey’s defense ministry said in January that Turkey had hardened its border with Iran by adding 380 kilometers of concrete walls, 203 optical towers and 43 observation posts.
—Sam McNeil, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
The minor and Burke were seen joking around in a January 2024 livestream, CNN reported Thursday, following a lengthy review of related posts, interviews and court documents.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026
One of the posts showed a bulldozer tearing a hole in a fence between Gaza and Israel, a move that allowed Hamas fighters to attack; another showed an Israeli-army jeep filled with Palestinian fighters, the soldiers presumably dead or taken captive.
—Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Cate Charron, IndyStar, 12 Mar. 2026
Not everyone who posts will end up behind bars and many cases end with pardons.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Vermont posts detailed information about the status of records requests online.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag weekly during the season and periodically during the offseason.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
White also posts about his own mental health struggles during his years at the Copenhagen restaurant.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
The group was reportedly the first to highlight Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions and regularly posts videos on its social media showing its active units operating against the regime.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Austin runs an account called @stopicenet, which regularly posts about ICE activity, and collaborates with other users who do the same.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
The site posts news and commentary on climate change and other environmental issues affecting Florida.
—Michael Chertoff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
Reading the flood of comments that piled up underneath the posts, I was horrified to see how many expressed solidarity with the chef rather than with his victims.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Turkey’s Defense Ministry said in January that Turkey had hardened its border with Iran by adding 236 miles of concrete walls, 203 optical towers and 43 observation posts.
—Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Locals, tourists and international volunteers were left stranded in their posts all over Haiti.
—Elizabeth Germino, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
More than 904,000 candidates for municipal posts in roughly 35,000 villages, towns and cities are on the ballots Sunday.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
About 70 monitoring posts would have sent their data to them, as per the BBC.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
Turkey’s defense ministry said in January that Turkey had hardened its border with Iran by adding 380 kilometers of concrete walls, 203 optical towers and 43 observation posts.
—Sam McNeil, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
The minor and Burke were seen joking around in a January 2024 livestream, CNN reported Thursday, following a lengthy review of related posts, interviews and court documents.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026
One of the posts showed a bulldozer tearing a hole in a fence between Gaza and Israel, a move that allowed Hamas fighters to attack; another showed an Israeli-army jeep filled with Palestinian fighters, the soldiers presumably dead or taken captive.
—Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
Starting July 1, Indiana law will now more explicitly explain that a person who posts personal information via social media with the intent to harm another person or their property is committing a misdemeanor offense.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 12 Mar. 2026
Not everyone who posts will end up behind bars and many cases end with pardons.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Vermont posts detailed information about the status of records requests online.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag weekly during the season and periodically during the offseason.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
White also posts about his own mental health struggles during his years at the Copenhagen restaurant.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
The group was reportedly the first to highlight Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions and regularly posts videos on its social media showing its active units operating against the regime.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Austin runs an account called @stopicenet, which regularly posts about ICE activity, and collaborates with other users who do the same.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
The site posts news and commentary on climate change and other environmental issues affecting Florida.
—Michael Chertoff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
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