as in letter carrier
a person who delivers mail
we always give our faithful mail carrier a special card for Christmas
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Recent Examples of mail carrier
America's mail carrier is the second most-beloved federal agency behind the National Park Service, polling shows.
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Natalie Daher, Axios, 14 Dec. 2024
The contract, which covers city mail carriers, must be ratified by union members, though a deadline for the vote-by-mail process was not announced.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
The United States Postal Inspection Service is investigating and offering a reward for information regarding three mail carriers that were robbed in Louisville on Monday.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 27 Nov. 2024
The same would apply if your mail carrier noticed your mail starting to accumulate.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Natalie Daher, Axios, 14 Dec. 2024
The contract, which covers city mail carriers, must be ratified by union members, though a deadline for the vote-by-mail process was not announced.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
The United States Postal Inspection Service is investigating and offering a reward for information regarding three mail carriers that were robbed in Louisville on Monday.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 27 Nov. 2024
The same would apply if your mail carrier noticed your mail starting to accumulate.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for mail carrier
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail carrier
Noun
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Unofficially, the Postal Service has long been known to assist elderly citizens and respond to emergency situations that occur on letter carriers’ routes.—
Jena Martin,
The Conversation,
28 Jan. 2025
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The daring hold-up occurred five days after an on-duty letter carrier was knifed to death during a senseless fight over a spot on a sandwich line in a Harlem deli.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Ray Collier, the city’s postmaster, has lived there since 1934 and remains skeptical.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
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His only exceptions were clerks, postmasters and enlisted personnel in the military.—
Peter Kastor,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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Cruz was indicted Thursday for second-degree murder in the 2:30 p.m. stabbing of the 36-year-old postman at Joe’s Grocery, on Lenox Rd.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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That’s best demonstrated by a novel gameplay mechanic in the form of a camera that Indy acquires from a dissident postman called Ernesto.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Mail carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mail%20carrier. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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