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a person who delivers mail
the postman comes at around nine every morning
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Recent Examples of postman
Among Maricopa County’s four winners: a 12th grader who wants to be an actor, a 7th grader who wants to be an Olympic climber, a 5th grader who wants to be a dancer and author and a kindergartner who wants to be a postman.
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Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2024
Hamid Khan Hussain Khel is one of the country’s 400 postmen, zipping around the capital on a motorcycle bearing Afghan Post’s jaunty blue and yellow.
—Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Today, 80% of avocados consumed in the US come from Mexico, and 95% of them bear the name of Hass, the California postman.
—thehustle.co, 5 Apr. 2024
According to industry lore, Rudolph Hass, a postman and amateur horticulturalist in Southern California, stumbled on a new variety in the late 1920s while trying to propagate a variety called Rideout.
—Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024
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Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2024
Hamid Khan Hussain Khel is one of the country’s 400 postmen, zipping around the capital on a motorcycle bearing Afghan Post’s jaunty blue and yellow.
—Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Today, 80% of avocados consumed in the US come from Mexico, and 95% of them bear the name of Hass, the California postman.
—thehustle.co, 5 Apr. 2024
According to industry lore, Rudolph Hass, a postman and amateur horticulturalist in Southern California, stumbled on a new variety in the late 1920s while trying to propagate a variety called Rideout.
—Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postman
Noun
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The town’s old post office provides desks for writing letters to Santa; each note is thoughtfully answered by the postmaster and mailed back before the big day.Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024
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However, the town was forced to change its name in 1846 after an Indiana postmaster needed to address mail complications.Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2024
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Tori Halford surprised her mailman with a personalized basket of snacks and treats.Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
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Firemen are now firefighters, mailmen are letter carriers, policemen are police officers.Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Even their mail carrier had a positive word about the film.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
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Choose something appropriate for your mail carrier that can easily fit into a gift bag.Linley Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Postman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postman. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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