How to Use postal service in a Sentence

postal service

noun
  • In other parts of the world, the postal service dates back even further.
    — Simon R. Gardner, The Atlantic, 4 May 2018
  • Yes, the postal service has massive short-term and long-term problems.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2020
  • Airmail—the postal service, not the cocktail—has been around for a long time.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 23 June 2022
  • Stacks of padded envelopes sit by the door, waiting to picked up by the postal service.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 July 2018
  • Both worked for the postal service on nearby routes for the next 17 years.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • 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
  • When is the postal service going to manage their staff better?
    — Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Her father worked for the postal service but made sculptures and wrote fiction on the side.
    — USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2021
  • The postal service warned against using the blue boxes during the string of thefts last year.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 31 May 2022
  • There’s Mary Fields who was the first female to work for the postal service.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 13 May 2025
  • Before the postal service was formalized, that was where mail came.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Among her concerns, the postal service no longer delivers mail there.
    — Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2025
  • He's been working as a postal service worker for the past few years and doesn't have any student loans.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The postal service ranked 38 cities for the frequency of dog bite reports last year.
    — Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025
  • 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
  • But the postal service doesn’t and can’t—its hands are essentially tied on the matter.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Still, the postal service is one of the country’s most beloved institutions.
    — National Geographic, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The postal service has unveiled new stamps every year since 1847.
    — Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • The email states the postal service is unable to process duplicate orders for the same address.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2022
  • It was called the postal service and Royal Mail and Deutsche Post.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • Serving on the front lines Financial troubles for the postal service are not new.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Absentee voting and vote-by-mail allow people to send in their ballots via the postal service.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 Aug. 2025
  • According to a release from the postal service, the stamp price jumps July 9.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • Police said the postal service employee, fearing for her safety, gave the woman the items.
    — Michael Guise, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Some people move and ask the postal service to update their voter registration.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • The postal service did not say what date the PRC's deadline is to make its decision.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • 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
  • Still, DeJoy blamed the postal service’s business model for the loss and called for future cuts.
    — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2020

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