post office
noun
1
: a government department or agency handling the transmission of mail
2
: a local branch of a national post office handling the mail for a particular place or area
3
: a game in which a player acting as postmaster or postmistress may exact a kiss from one of the opposite sex as payment for the pretended delivery of a letter
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The keys were from the Chesapeake post office, prosecutors said.
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Sara Schilling, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
Grace is a widow who works in the post office of Walnut Grove.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The Vatican has its own post office, commissary, bank, railway station, electrical plant, television center, publishing house, internet domain (.va), radio station and newspaper, according to the U.S. Department of State.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
Also of note nearby are the smallest U.S. post office just outside town and the Zachary-Tolbert House, a historic home that is seasonally open for touring.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2025
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Sara Schilling, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
Grace is a widow who works in the post office of Walnut Grove.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The Vatican has its own post office, commissary, bank, railway station, electrical plant, television center, publishing house, internet domain (.va), radio station and newspaper, according to the U.S. Department of State.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
Also of note nearby are the smallest U.S. post office just outside town and the Zachary-Tolbert House, a historic home that is seasonally open for touring.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for post office
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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