postal service

noun

Examples of postal service in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In a pending case, a court ordered the postal service to pay the labor department $37,222 for destroying text messages and throwing the personnel records of a probationary mail carrier into the garbage. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 May 2024 The man waived an indictment and pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal service employee on May 20, court documents show. Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for postal service 

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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 31 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

postal service

noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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