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The federal government will mostly be closed Monday, so there will be no postal service, stock market trades, or live help with taxes and other government matters.
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Chandler Boese, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
The knife-wielding suspect accused of fatally stabbing a postal service worker in a New York City deli during an argument over who was next in line has a violent criminal history.
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Louis Casiano, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2025
White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said 40,000 people had agreed to the offer across the U.S.
Individuals working for the military or the postal service were not eligible for the buyout.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
Shelby Dozier, 34, of the Bronx, pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal service employee, federal prosecutors in New Jersey said in a statement.
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David K. Li, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined above
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“Postal service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postal%20service. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
postal service
noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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