United States Postal Service
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Many life insurance companies use PO boxes — and as I learned the hard way, you can only send mail to PO boxes via the United States Postal Service.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 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
A San Gabriel Valley woman who was accused of using counterfeit postage on tens of millions of packages pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding the United States Postal Service out of more than $150 million.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 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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