How to Use postal in a Sentence

postal

adjective
  • Postal rates are going up.
  • The city worked to quickly restore postal service.
  • The postal worker slowed his truck to take in the scene.
    Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2022
  • But the court did not rule for the Christian postal worker in the case of Groff vs. DeJoy.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • The justices heard the case of a postal worker who refused work on the Sabbath.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The first of the new trucks should hit the street in 2023, according to postal officials.
    Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
  • His dad is an electrician and his mom was a postal worker for the town.
    Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • And if the postal workers cannot find a recipient, the mail is returned to the sender.
    Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • The film explores the employment scenario in Nepal through the eyes of a postal worker.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Uh, two of them were stolen at gunpoint from postal workers.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 June 2022
  • Sick postal workers, not shots in arms, is what will hurt the Postal service and customers.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The bill’s biggest item would force postal retirees to sign up for Medicare.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
  • And if the website requires you to sign up, make sure to enter a local postal code.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Residents should go to the postal office at 2400 Postal Blvd.
    Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2022
  • All six robberies happened at gunpoint and in two of the cases the postal worker was hit in the face or head.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Just put in your postal code to find a local Kroger near you, and then scroll through the delicious options.
    Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 5 Oct. 2022
  • My postal carrier drives her proud van onto the street and then climbs each stoop by foot.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2022
  • That means postal employees are strapped, and on some days, in some neighborhoods, the mail doesn’t come.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The victim, mother of two and postal carrier Tracey Gross, died of her injuries the next day.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
  • At least five other postal workers have died since 2015.
    Nic F. Anderson, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024
  • But DeJoy described the plan as necessary for the long-term survival of the postal agency.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • In a more than 20-year scandal, some postal workers were sent to prison and others lost their livelihoods and homes.
    Sachin Ravikumar, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
  • One of them was, uh, in January at east 79th and Euclid, and the other postal worker was.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 June 2022
  • Phillip Davis Phillip Davis, a retired postal worker, received 26% of the vote on election night.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 June 2024
  • The first set of postal vehicles will hit delivery routes late next year.
    Matthew Daly, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Earlier this month, rail and postal worker unions paused plans to walk out over demands for higher pay in the wake of the Queen's death.
    Anna Cooban and Arnaud Siad, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The piñatas stamps are being sold in booklets of 20 by USPS and can be purchased online or at any postal store across the country.
    Flor Tolentino, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The two were not current or former postal employees at the time of the indictment.
    Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Taylor Wilson: So Bart, what are these concerns some state election officials have about postal delays during this election?
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
  • As that day nears, election officials often encourage voters to use drop boxes instead of mailboxes to avoid postal delays.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2024

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