How to Use post office in a Sentence

post office

noun
  • On the way to the post office, Nichol received a call from the Maui P.D.
    Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • There used to be that rush to the post office on April 15.
    Robert Goulder, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • In heavy traffic, the drive from the post office to the U. is about a half-hour.
    Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The man had mailed the check at the Mayfield Heights post office.
    cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The post office did a check of their places and there’s nothing there.
    Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Are Fort Worth banks and the post office open on the Fourth of July?
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2024
  • That gives folks an excuse not to mow the lawn, fire up the grill or drive to the post office.
    Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2022
  • Trump’s ties to the former D.C. post office dates back to 2012.
    Zach Everson, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The post office quietly closed in 1951, a sign of things to come.
    The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2023
  • The ground lease for the post office on Center Street is set to expire in May 2025.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Those neighbors have had to pick up their mail at the post office.
    David Dekunder, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Once that lease ends, the city will become the post office’s landlord.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Over the years, the house has functioned as a post office, inn, stagecoach stop and town hall.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The post office tried to play Switzerland and split the difference.
    Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The signage outside the post office does not change to reflect the new name.
    Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The project was plagued by delays but started rolling out to post offices in 1999.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Paulson, who has overseen the post office for 18 years, prefers the city of today over the time-zone tension of the past.
    Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Also worth a look is the post office, with good reason.
    Lisa Morrow, CNN, 10 May 2022
  • Passersby will see the post office start to come down next month, Harpole said.
    Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Go to your local post office, fill out a form and include dates you will be gone.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The post office will be closed on June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.
    Maggie Horton, Country Living, 19 June 2023
  • This is not the same as a home address and could include post office boxes, the complaint notes.
    Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • With the help of Denman's father and a couple friends, the packages started to move to the post office on West Markham.
    Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The post office was selling SIM cards so soldiers could call home.
    Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The last batch of tax bills in Miami-Dade are hitting the post office Monday.
    Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Still, there is a pathos to a closed school that doesn’t apply to a shuttered courthouse or post office.
    Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Arthur is spending the summer in NYC and meets Ben, carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend's things, at the post office.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The post office and most banks, nonessential government offices, and schools are closed for the day.
    Megan Stein, Country Living, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The film’s costumes are all about nailing the rigid tailoring of the 1950s, when men wore three-piece suits to, say, run an errand or go to the post office.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2024
  • On our way to the grocery store or the post office or a faraway vacation destination.
    William Earl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024

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