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In such places, the postal service has been unable to deliver and pick up mail, and physical voting facilities have been damaged or destroyed.
—Catherine Cole, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
Now, DeJoy has responded that the postal service understands the importance of ballots in both directions, getting mailed out from the government officials and then getting mailed back so that they can be counted.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
So if raising the prices of stamps could ultimately endanger the postal service, why does the USPS keep hiking the costs to mail a letter?
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 July 2024
Between the lines: Mail-in voting has become more popular since the pandemic, but officials warned this month that ongoing issues with the postal service could disenfranchise some voters, Axios' Ivana Saric reported.
—April Rubin, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
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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 21 Nov. 2024.
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postal service
noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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