postal service

noun

Examples of postal service in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The report from the U.S. Postal Service, part of its 2024 National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign, revealed that North Carolina had the eighth-most dog bites on postal service employees in 2023, with 185 — that’s a 27% increase from the previous year. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024 This is a 14 bite increase from 2022, when the postal service reported 166 dog bites in the state. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024 The postal service also ran the telephone system and had a small semiconductor research group, which included Kroemer and about nine other scientists, according to IEEE Spectrum. IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for postal service 

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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 12 Jun. 2024.

Kids Definition

postal service

noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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