postal service

noun

: post office sense 1

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Last week, Panetta encouraged residents to push back by writing to the postal service during the comment period of the study. — CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 But the technology ultimately found uses far beyond its initial goal, helping the Israeli postal service map villages and allowing small, local restaurants to grow a customer base far beyond their neighborhoods. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 The postal service was then ordered to refuse to accept any ballot addressed to someone who was not on the list. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Four Russian glide bombs destroyed a sorting center belonging to the postal service Nova Poshta in the northern Sumy region, and a drone smashed one of its depots in the Kyiv region, the company said. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for postal service

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

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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 20 Oct. 2026.

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postal service

noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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