postal service

noun

Examples of postal service in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So far, the postal service has replaced more than 15,000 blue boxes in key areas with a new high-security blue collection box. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024 Since last week, sympathy action among postal workers have disrupted the Swedish Transport Agency’s deliveries of license plates to Tesla, as current regulations require them to be shipped via the Swedish postal service, PostNord AB. Jonas Ekblom, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023 But postal service officials said on the call that seven of 10 pieces of mail would still be delivered within the current three-day service standard. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 June 2023 The postal service accepted this interpretation and told Congress about it. Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 16 May 2023 Dowd was part of the mail-art scene, which circumvented traditional media and distribution channels in favor of artists trading pieces through the postal service. Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024 Latest frigid weather is adding to the postal service's delivery woes. USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024 In addition to at least 45,000 fully electric Next Generation Delivery Vehicles by 2028, the postal service plans to buy 21,000 EVs from automakers, including 9,250 Ford e-Transit vans. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024 It was called the postal service and Royal Mail and Deutsche Post. Steve Mollman, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of postal service was in 1885

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“Postal service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postal%20service. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

postal service

noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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