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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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has suggested that postal workers could carry out the U.S. census and handle tasks performed by Social Security employees as cost-cutting measures.
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Bonnie Bolden, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
Within months after joining Clinton’s Cabinet, Herman mediated the negotiations between United Parcel Service leaders and 185,000 striking postal workers that ended the largest U.S. strike in a decade.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors say the subsequent package of steroids meant for that national guardsman was intercepted by U.S. postal inspectors on its way from Florida to California.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
While no official plans for the privatization of the USPS have been made public, postal worker unions have protested against the potential move.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
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Bonnie Bolden, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
Within months after joining Clinton’s Cabinet, Herman mediated the negotiations between United Parcel Service leaders and 185,000 striking postal workers that ended the largest U.S. strike in a decade.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors say the subsequent package of steroids meant for that national guardsman was intercepted by U.S. postal inspectors on its way from Florida to California.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
While no official plans for the privatization of the USPS have been made public, postal worker unions have protested against the potential move.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Postal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postal. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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postal
adjective
post·al
ˈpōs-tᵊl 
: of or relating to mail or to the post office
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