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Examples of postal service in a Sentence
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This lack of speed in delivering the first-class mail ballots is marked as does not meet the postal service’s own standard, which should be between three and five business days.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
Princess Gloria married Johannes von Thurn and Taxis in 1980, becoming part of a family whose wealth stems from its role as the Holy Roman Empire’s postal service.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Even China’s postal service was imported from abroad, from France.
—John Pomfret, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
In 1926 the postal service started contracting out those routes to commercial airlines, pushing for competition and more efficient planes in the process.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
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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 21 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
postal service
noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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