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.
Recent Examples on the Web
As part of the changes, postal workers will now use a five-digit regional add-on after the ZIP code to enhance accuracy, replacing the current three-digit add-on.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Here are some actionable steps to safeguard your personal information:
Verify Before You Click: Always remember that genuine IRS communications are sent via postal mail—not through text messages, emails, or social media.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Between fiscal years 2015 to 2019, agency inspectors general substantiated only 100 allegations of employee time and attendance misconduct or fraud out of a federal workforce of around 2.1 million employees (the GAO report did not include postal workers).
—Laura Doan, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
Read Next National 21-year-old attacks postal worker on her lunch break, feds say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Here are some actionable steps to safeguard your personal information:
Verify Before You Click: Always remember that genuine IRS communications are sent via postal mail—not through text messages, emails, or social media.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Between fiscal years 2015 to 2019, agency inspectors general substantiated only 100 allegations of employee time and attendance misconduct or fraud out of a federal workforce of around 2.1 million employees (the GAO report did not include postal workers).
—Laura Doan, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
Read Next National 21-year-old attacks postal worker on her lunch break, feds say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for postal
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“Postal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postal. Accessed 12 Mar. 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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