1
: of or relating to the mails or the post office
2
: conducted by mail
postal chess
3
: insanely or murderously violent
—usually used in the phrase go postal
Examples of postal in a Sentence
Postal rates are going up.
The city worked to quickly restore postal service.
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Canada Post strike reaches 25th day While the India labor disruption has the ocean freight world on edge, a currently ongoing work stoppage in Canada has put postal mail and parcels on ice for 25 days as of Monday morning.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
That includes state and federal workers like teachers, police officers and U.S. postal workers.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
And a bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives over the summer that, if enacted, would allow federal penalties for postal mail theft to be applied to package theft delivered by private carriers like Amazon.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 3 Dec. 2024
Key deadlines to know Yet 40% of consumers are unaware of holiday shipping deadlines, according to a new survey by Stamps.com, a postal and shipping provider.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
That includes state and federal workers like teachers, police officers and U.S. postal workers.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
And a bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives over the summer that, if enacted, would allow federal penalties for postal mail theft to be applied to package theft delivered by private carriers like Amazon.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 3 Dec. 2024
Key deadlines to know Yet 40% of consumers are unaware of holiday shipping deadlines, according to a new survey by Stamps.com, a postal and shipping provider.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Postal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postal. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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postal
adjective
post·al
ˈpōs-tᵊl 
: of or relating to mail or to the post office
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