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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
Local online stores deliver orders to other cities in 6-10 days using primarily the national postal service.
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Nikolay Seleznev, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
When fentanyl first came on the radar of the federal postal service, a decade ago, it was mostly seized in international mail.
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Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 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 11 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
postal service
noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail
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