How to Use the Post Office in a Sentence

the Post Office

noun
  • When mail service is stopped, mail must be picked up at the Post Office.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 2 June 2023
  • And the Post Office now wants to charge 73 cents for this service.
    — Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2024
  • Musk, for his part, has also called for privatizing the Post Office.
    — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Is the Post Office open on New Year’s Eve 2025?
    — Erica Marrison, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • What are the Post Office’s hours on New Year’s Eve 2025?
    — Erica Marrison, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Bakke grew up in a white middle-class family — his father worked for the Post Office, and his mother taught school.
    — Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The postmark is proof of when the ballot came into possession of the Post Office and left the hands of the voter.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Nobody from the Post Office or Fujitsu had been held accountable as of last year.
    — TIME, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The fire quickly spread from the vehicle to the Post Office, destroying its lobby.
    — Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • To hold mail longer than 30 days, the Post Office recommends their mail forwarding service.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2023
  • The Save the Post Office Coalition released a new report that advocates just that.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2023
  • When Jonathan didn’t show up to his federal job as a maintenance worker at the Post Office on Ninth Ave.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • DeMarinis suggests dropping off a mail-in ballot at a state ballot box rather than dropping it at the Post Office to ensure it is received on time.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Some early agencies, like the Post Office and the Patent Office, funded their budgets by fees levied on customers and applicants.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Since the holiday is not a Federal one, Federal offices — including the Post Office — will be open.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
  • To save money, the Post Office should try eliminating Saturday delivery.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • However, that changed as the Post Office strengthened the physical security of blue collection boxes.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • If say, ballots were received via the Post Office during the late afternoon on Election Day and held until the next morning to count, is that OK?
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Federal offices and courts are open Monday, as is the Post Office, because Patriots' Day is not a federal holiday.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Here in Connecticut, the Post Office helps people stay connected, supports local commerce, and remains a steady presence in the everyday life of the community.
    — Readers Speak, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
  • For those who do mail their ballots, the California secretary of state’s office and the Postal Service recommend voters ask for a manual postmark from an employee at the Post Office.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
  • Originally known as the Post Office Tower, the building was designed to relay microwave signals carrying telecommunications from London around the country.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Mr Bates vs the Post Office and The Hack exec Joe Williams has joined World as Executive Producer.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
  • His administration first segregated the Post Office, which employed over half of the federal government’s Black employees—especially Black women.
    — Time, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Mr Loverman and Mr Bates vs the Post Office were key winners at the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
  • His father returned to the Post Office, eventually becoming head of the London Chief Office and became involved in anti-war activism, joining the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There are also numerous ways to save time during the holiday season, some customers can even skip the line at the Post Office, by using various features such as Click n Ship, free package pickup, or self-service kiosks found in select Post Office locations throughout the country.
    — Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Later, President George Washington signed the Post Office Act of 1792, providing for delivery of a newspaper for one cent of postage up to 100 miles and one and a half cents for more than 100 miles.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • In the 1900s the District Messenger Service, competing with the Post Office’s Express Messenger Service, employed a fleet of message boys who would deliver and wait for your answer.
    — Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Strong Film & Television founder James Strong, the director behind Mr Bates vs the Post Office and Vigil, will direct the new series with Bafta-winning EP Loretta Preece.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026

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