as in mail
communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system
only parcel post bearing a return address and not exceeding size and weight limits will be accepted
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Recent Examples of parcel post
Competition also came from airlines and intercity bus lines that could easily carry parcel post on their routes.
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Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
Extending parcel post to the countryside was vehemently opposed by merchants, who feared competition from Sears Roebuck and other mail order houses.
—Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021
The flag arrived at the New York office of the Associated Press in May and was then sent by parcel post to the White House.
—Richard Kurin, Smithsonian, 30 Apr. 2018
Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
Extending parcel post to the countryside was vehemently opposed by merchants, who feared competition from Sears Roebuck and other mail order houses.
—Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021
The flag arrived at the New York office of the Associated Press in May and was then sent by parcel post to the White House.
—Richard Kurin, Smithsonian, 30 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parcel post
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The benefits of building a village Dropping off food for a sick friend, picking up someone’s mail, taking someone to the airport — these things happened frequently when religious congregations, societies and neighborhoods were tightly bound.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
2 Aug. 2025
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John Mara’s father, Wellington, was famous for answering actual mail from Giants fans.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
2 Aug. 2025
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Letters on Natural Magic, an 1832 correspondence series between Sirs David Brewster (inventor of the kaleidoscope in the early 1800s) and Walter Scott, includes the Turk in its examination of entertainments that blended science and magic.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
30 July 2025
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Roughly once a week, Nick Cave blogs about music, religion, grief, and the infernal state of world affairs through the medium of fan correspondence in his Red Hand Files newsletter.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
29 July 2025
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“Parcel post.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parcel%20post. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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