postcode
noun
post·code
ˈpōs(t)-ˌkōd 
: a code (as of numbers and letters) used similarly to the zip code especially in the United Kingdom and Australia
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In fact, the club returned to the very same street, with the Cherry Red Records Stadium sitting just a few hundred yards — albeit in a different postcode — along Plough Lane from where Vinnie Jones, John Fashanu and co shook up the football establishment.
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Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
However, waiting lists are long and are a postcode lottery.
—Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2024
In fact, everything Wimbledon designs is done in house from the hallowed grounds of the SW19 postcode.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 3 July 2024
With those words, what was once just another London postcode instantly became a pin on the Hollywood map.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2024
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Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
However, waiting lists are long and are a postcode lottery.
—Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2024
In fact, everything Wimbledon designs is done in house from the hallowed grounds of the SW19 postcode.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 3 July 2024
With those words, what was once just another London postcode instantly became a pin on the Hollywood map.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for postcode
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“Postcode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postcode. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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