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• a variation of post office box.

P.O. box

American  

[pee-oh boks] / ˈpiˈoʊ ˌbɒks /

Or PO box

noun

1. post office box.

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Etymology

Origin of P.O. box

First recorded in 1845–50, for an earlier sense

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Example Sentences

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P.O. box

If you can afford to, you can rent a P.O. box at your local post office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

But P.&I.D.’s legal address was a P.O. box on Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

Or anyone could, like Oswald, scribble a name and information on a mail-order coupon and have it delivered to a P.O. box a few weeks later.

From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2023

The website offers potential donors the opportunity to mail physical checks to a Florida P.O. box as well, and that address is listed on the Newsmax contact page as its mailing address.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2023

They had a registered letter sent to the P.O. box listed under Miller’s name, then they nabbed Morrison when he went to retrieve it.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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