How to Use postal service in a Sentence

postal service

noun
Definition of postal servicenext
  • It’s not the fault of the postal service, and it’s not the fault of town clerks.
    — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The Postal Service and the postal service have aligned.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • That system is run by the state, not the postal service.
    — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2020
  • It was called the postal service and Royal Mail and Deutsche Post.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Airmail—the postal service, not the cocktail—has been around for a long time.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 23 June 2022
  • Oshkosh was the winner of a half-decade-long bidding process to get the postal service some new trucks.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 24 June 2021
  • Mail-in voters from six states brought the suit against Trump and DeJoy to block cuts to the postal service.
    — Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • The postal service warned against using the blue boxes during the string of thefts last year.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 31 May 2022
  • More often, that’s meant turning to the postal service.
    — Byeli Cahan, ABC News, 6 May 2022
  • Her father worked for the postal service but made sculptures and wrote fiction on the side.
    — USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Yes, the postal service has massive short-term and long-term problems.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2020
  • Their ancestor, Charles I, was the first to open the royal postal service to public use in 1635 to raise funds.
    — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
  • According to a release from the postal service, the stamp price jumps July 9.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • The postal service urges anyone who has a dog to put them up when a postal worker delivers mail to the front door.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 16 June 2020
  • The slower delivery time is part of the postal service's plan to restructure over the next 10 years.
    — Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Many people started pen pal chains and stocked up on stamps because of the dire news coming out of the postal service.
    — Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
  • The postal service was grappling with both record shipping volume and staffing shortages because of the spread of Covid-19, a spokesman said at the time.
    — Allison Prang, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Still, DeJoy blamed the postal service’s business model for the loss and called for future cuts.
    — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2020
  • The email states the postal service is unable to process duplicate orders for the same address.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2022
  • When is the postal service going to manage their staff better?
    — Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Still, the postal service is one of the country’s most beloved institutions.
    — National Geographic, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Serving on the front lines Financial troubles for the postal service are not new.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2020
  • The Seeger stamps are sold in panes of 16 resembling a vintage 45 rpm record sleeve, according to the postal service.
    — Fox News, 21 July 2022
  • Since the post office closed in 2002, residents share postal service and a ZIP code with the town of Evergreen.
    — Kelly Kazek | Kkazek@al.com, al, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Diaz started at the postal service as a letter carrier in 1996 in the Bronx.
    — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The landlord and the postal service tussled over who should pay for repairs and asbestos abatement.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
  • But for the other cases, as many as 600 in all, the county is working with its mail vendor and the postal service to find answers.
    — Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Oct. 2020
  • That’s because the benefit can change with the push of a few buttons, but a letter has to be prepared and then find its way to you through the postal service.
    — Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Redmond worked for the postal service for 15 years, ABC7 reported.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
  • 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

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