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United States Postal Service

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noun

  1. an independent federal agency created in 1971 to replace the Post Office Department as the division of the federal government responsible for postal services. USPS


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Many post offices no longer postmark mail the same day it is received because of adjustments to transportation operations at the United States Postal Service.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Federal Reserve banks and United States Postal Service locations will be closed.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

However, the United States Postal Service had said it had never received the parcel.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

These concerns came to the fore when Washington proposed, and ultimately passed, his signature Post Office Act, which established the United States Postal Service.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

Clarence and Clement, the beefy twins who headed up security for the Lemoncello Library, marched into the Rotunda Reading Room flanked by six robotic carts loaded down with United States Postal Service mail bins.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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