1
: of or relating to the mails or the post office
2
: conducted by mail
postal chess
3
: insanely or murderously violent
—usually used in the phrase go postal
Examples of postal in a Sentence
Postal rates are going up.
The city worked to quickly restore postal service.
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Signing up was free and required only a name, age and postal code.
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Catherine Porter, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
The pair were dressed all in black and were wearing masks, the postal worker told police.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Among those impacted are retirees who at one time worked as firefighters, teachers, postal workers, police officers, or in other public sector jobs.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
In the meantime, people had to wait for the postal carrier to distribute their mail from an office in the senior center.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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Catherine Porter, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
The pair were dressed all in black and were wearing masks, the postal worker told police.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Among those impacted are retirees who at one time worked as firefighters, teachers, postal workers, police officers, or in other public sector jobs.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
In the meantime, people had to wait for the postal carrier to distribute their mail from an office in the senior center.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Postal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postal. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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postal
adjective
post·al
ˈpōs-tᵊl 
: of or relating to mail or to the post office
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