How to Use the Postal Service in a Sentence

the Postal Service

noun
  • Will the Postal Service run out of money?
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Those who want to ship packages on their own can do that as well, the Postal Service said.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In other words, the ball is with the people who run the Postal Service.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Most contacts will come through mail delivered by the Postal Service.
    — Cortlynn Stark, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Then, one day in 2017, the Postal Service stopped doing both of those things.
    — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Talks broke down as the value of the Postal Service’s land grew amid a development boom.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • There’s no business out there that can replace Amazon for the Postal Service.
    — Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • That's an increase of $900 million, the Postal Service said.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
  • That's an increase of $900 million, the Postal Service said.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Critics have said the Postal Service needs a dramatic overhaul.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • Manual postmarks are free of charge, the Postal Service noted.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
  • Those who order through the shop will have the Postal Service take care of packaging and shipping on their behalf.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • But higher rates threaten to drive down the paper mail business that keeps the Postal Service’s finances afloat.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Messages were left seeking comment from the White House and the Postal Service.
    — ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • These numbers are part of an annual push by the Postal Service to properly train the public.
    — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 24 June 2024
  • Bogage has covered the Postal Service since 2020.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Greg Breeding, an art director for the Postal Service, designed the stamp.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Recent changes mean the Postal Service may not stamp mail until several days after it is received.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • At the time of the adman’s death, Gary Minihan had been with the Postal Service for thirty-five years.
    — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Groff started at the Postal Service after years of missionary work in Africa and Asia.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • Wahl said the Postal Service says new processing machines nationwide will help the package pace.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Unfortunately, the Postal Service appears to be next in line.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Customers can expect other services to get more expensive, too, the Postal Service said.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024
  • The policy is a break from how the Postal Service has conducted security for two decades.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 17 July 2024
  • Falling print circulation and child labor concerns have handed the job to adults and the Postal Service.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The renewal of the Postal Service's extensive fleet of mail trucks has been mired in controversy.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The composite arrangement is among the 19 new designs the Postal Service will release this year.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • That's why the Postal Service advises getting those packages in earlier rather than later.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The regulator proposed a rule in June that would limit the Postal Service to only raising prices once per year.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Aug. 2025
  • If even 1% of those complaints become lawsuits, Liu said, the number of suits filed against the Postal Service would quadruple.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026

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