How to Use postal in a Sentence

postal

adjective
  • Postal rates are going up.
  • The city worked to quickly restore postal service.
  • That’s a postal box at a UPS store.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The postal driver died at the scene, police said.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The postal driver died at the scene, police said.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • That’s how the postal system is supposed to work.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • Granted, where else can the postal workers park?
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • And cross my fingers while the postal clerk frowned and brought out her tape measure.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
  • His dad is an electrician and his mom was a postal worker for the town.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Signing up was free and required only a name, age and postal code.
    — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Kelley told the postal workers to send the packages to him.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • It has been turned over to the postal inspector, police said.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Those are guaranteed to be worth more in the future, as postal rates rise.
    — Star Tribune, 27 June 2021
  • In this crazy-busy digital age, few people think to send postal mail.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2020
  • Letters poured in from postal workers from across the country.
    — Lauren Lee, CNN, 5 May 2020
  • My postal carrier drives her proud van onto the street and then climbs each stoop by foot.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The pair were dressed all in black and were wearing masks, the postal worker told police.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The first set of postal vehicles will hit delivery routes late next year.
    — Matthew Daly, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
  • And if the website requires you to sign up, make sure to enter a local postal code.
    — Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The driver of the postal vehicle died at the scene, police said.
    — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The postal worker then scanned the envelopes correctly and sent them on their way.
    — Marc Ramirez, Dallas News, 11 July 2020
  • The bill’s biggest item would force postal retirees to sign up for Medicare.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The postal worker kneels to give the pup a quick scratch before heading back down the walkway.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • At one point, Ator hijacked a mail van, killing the postal worker inside.
    — Marc Ramirez, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Written comments may be submitted via email or postal mail.
    — Chase Jordan november 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025
  • What benefits do postal workers get?
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 May 2026
  • What benefits do postal workers get?
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • What benefits do postal workers get?
    — Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • An unwell postal worker picked off lover’s-lane couples with a revolver.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Sick postal workers, not shots in arms, is what will hurt the Postal service and customers.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2022

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