post office
noun
1
: a government department or agency handling the transmission of mail
2
: a local branch of a national post office handling the mail for a particular place or area
3
: a game in which a player acting as postmaster or postmistress may exact a kiss from one of the opposite sex as payment for the pretended delivery of a letter
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Several government offices, including post offices and public libraries, and most banks are closed for New Year Day in the Sacramento area.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
updated December 29, Sacbee.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Is the post office open on New Year's Day?
—Marina Johnson, IndyStar, 29 Dec. 2025
Banks, post offices, shipping services, and the stock market will be closed for the federal holiday.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Dec. 2025
There is a grocery store, post office, puppet theater and even its own library.
—Janay Reece, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2025
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
updated December 29, Sacbee.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Is the post office open on New Year's Day?
—Marina Johnson, IndyStar, 29 Dec. 2025
Banks, post offices, shipping services, and the stock market will be closed for the federal holiday.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Dec. 2025
There is a grocery store, post office, puppet theater and even its own library.
—Janay Reece, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for post office
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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