postal service

noun

Examples of postal service in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 See all Example Sentences for postal service 

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Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of postal service was in 1885

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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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