postal service
noun
: post office sense 1
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web At least 155,000 workers in the United Kingdom are on strike, including rail workers, lawyers, journalists and postal service staff, demanding higher pay as inflation soars to its highest level in decades. 
Allison Morrow, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 Adam Ferrise reports that according to court records, Richard John Steinle sent the letters from August 2021 through July 29, when undercover postal service inspectors conducted surveillance. Mike Rose, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2022 Upon arrival in Kyiv at the central train station, Julia Pavlenko, the Director of International Operations at Ukrposhta personally oversees donations unloaded from Ukrzaliznytsia trains and onto postal service trucks. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 24 July 2022 Four robberies of postal service letter carriers occurred Friday ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 July 2022 Bobi witnessed food shortages and poverty; One woman told him that her social security checks weren’t arriving on time due to postal service disruptions. Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022 All of the boxes have since been removed, although when they were pulled out and for what reason were not clear, and a postal service spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2022 Incorporating such costs might push the government to consider including electric vehicles in the future postal service fleet. Jim Krane, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2022 The postal service is requesting a temporary price increase on a variety of mail services for the peak holiday season to offset rising delivery costs. Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 See More
Allison Morrow, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 Adam Ferrise reports that according to court records, Richard John Steinle sent the letters from August 2021 through July 29, when undercover postal service inspectors conducted surveillance. Mike Rose, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2022 Upon arrival in Kyiv at the central train station, Julia Pavlenko, the Director of International Operations at Ukrposhta personally oversees donations unloaded from Ukrzaliznytsia trains and onto postal service trucks. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 24 July 2022 Four robberies of postal service letter carriers occurred Friday ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 July 2022 Bobi witnessed food shortages and poverty; One woman told him that her social security checks weren’t arriving on time due to postal service disruptions. Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022 All of the boxes have since been removed, although when they were pulled out and for what reason were not clear, and a postal service spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2022 Incorporating such costs might push the government to consider including electric vehicles in the future postal service fleet. Jim Krane, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2022 The postal service is requesting a temporary price increase on a variety of mail services for the peak holiday season to offset rising delivery costs. Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
postal service
noun
: a government department in charge of handling the mail