post offices
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pluralof post office.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
post officenounan office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered. PO, P.O.
Example Sentences
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Postal Service will deliver mail as usual on Friday, and post offices will remain open.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
That means mail from small post offices might be picked up the next day, rather than the same evening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Banks and post offices will be closed for the federal holiday, but ATMs, online banking, UPS, and some FedEx services will be available.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
The proposed changes will see the closure of several post offices in areas that were once rural and give the service more flexibility to raise prices.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
The rural post offices were mostly in farmhouses, my Grandpa Tweedy’s place being one of them.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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