How to Use postal in a Sentence

postal

adjective
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  • Postal rates are going up.
  • The city worked to quickly restore postal service.
  • The postal worker slowed his truck to take in the scene.
    — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2022
  • But the court did not rule for the Christian postal worker in the case of Groff vs. DeJoy.
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • The justices heard the case of a postal worker who refused work on the Sabbath.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • His dad is an electrician and his mom was a postal worker for the town.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • And if the postal workers cannot find a recipient, the mail is returned to the sender.
    — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • The film explores the employment scenario in Nepal through the eyes of a postal worker.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Just put in your postal code to find a local Kroger near you, and then scroll through the delicious options.
    — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 5 Oct. 2022
  • That means postal employees are strapped, and on some days, in some neighborhoods, the mail doesn’t come.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2022
  • But DeJoy described the plan as necessary for the long-term survival of the postal agency.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • In a more than 20-year scandal, some postal workers were sent to prison and others lost their livelihoods and homes.
    — Sachin Ravikumar, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The first set of postal vehicles will hit delivery routes late next year.
    — Matthew Daly, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Earlier this month, rail and postal worker unions paused plans to walk out over demands for higher pay in the wake of the Queen's death.
    — Anna Cooban and Arnaud Siad, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The piñatas stamps are being sold in booklets of 20 by USPS and can be purchased online or at any postal store across the country.
    — Flor Tolentino, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The postal worker was treated at an area hospital for injuries to his right hand and wrist.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Cornish rocked gently in her chair, and thanked a postal carrier who had walked up with some mail.
    — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Then Buckingham heard from the postal worker that the kits were featured in a recent TikTok.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night, the adage goes, will stop postal workers from delivering the mail.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
  • Police spoke with a postal worker near Eastwood Drive Nov. 19.
    — cleveland, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The shooting death of a Milwaukee postal worker is alarming.
    — Camille C. Knox, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2022
  • New postal boxes will feature the new monarch's Royal Cypher, according to the outlet.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Behind me walked Darnes’ great-great-great-nephew Russell Earl, a retired postal worker.
    — Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
  • These keys allow postal workers to open mail dropboxes, the big blue ones found bolted to sidewalks.
    — The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024
  • To keep with postal regulations, makeover the inside of your mailbox only.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Read Next National 21-year-old attacks postal worker on her lunch break, feds say.
    — Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Mail does not run on Memorial Day so there will be no postal delivery on Monday, May 29th.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 29 May 2023
  • His death also came 68 days after a postal worker collapsed and died on his route in Dallas amid extreme heat.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Janus worked as a postal supervisor and enjoyed tinkering with clocks in his spare time.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Alan Ladd is a no-nonsense postal inspector who will stop at nothing to solve the murder of a coworker by a robbery gang.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 May 2023

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