post office
noun
1
: a government department or agency handling the transmission of mail
2
: a local branch of a national post office handling the mail for a particular place or area
3
: a game in which a player acting as postmaster or postmistress may exact a kiss from one of the opposite sex as payment for the pretended delivery of a letter
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Recently, a woman slowed down a line at the post office, waving her phone at the clerk.
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ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
The pharmacy, and post office were also part of the downtown street.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
The United States Postal Service (USPS) logo is displayed on a door as a postal customer uses a self-service mail shipping kiosk to ship a package at a USPS post office on August 28, 2024 in Redondo Beach, California.
—Mark Dimondstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Curtis said the union has been having problems with the Harrisonville post office for years.
—Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
The pharmacy, and post office were also part of the downtown street.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
The United States Postal Service (USPS) logo is displayed on a door as a postal customer uses a self-service mail shipping kiosk to ship a package at a USPS post office on August 28, 2024 in Redondo Beach, California.
—Mark Dimondstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Curtis said the union has been having problems with the Harrisonville post office for years.
—Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for post office
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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