post office
noun
1
: a government department or agency handling the transmission of mail
2
: a local branch of a national post office handling the mail for a particular place or area
3
: a game in which a player acting as postmaster or postmistress may exact a kiss from one of the opposite sex as payment for the pretended delivery of a letter
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The hotel, which cuts a hill-hugging zigzag silhouette from the road down to the forest floor, occupies the site of the valley’s former post office, where 19th-century craftsmen would catch up while shipping their mechanisms to Geneva.
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 July 2025
Think: Hollywood’s iconic 1937 post office, designed by Art Deco architect Claud Beelman.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2025
Among the amenities typical of a hotel, the lodge complex included a saloon, a deli, a coffee shop, a post office, a gift shop, and a visitors center.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 13 July 2025
The machine was then rolled into the center's post office so emergency crews could work to extricate the boy.
—Hailey Roden, The Enquirer, 12 July 2025
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Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 July 2025
Think: Hollywood’s iconic 1937 post office, designed by Art Deco architect Claud Beelman.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2025
Among the amenities typical of a hotel, the lodge complex included a saloon, a deli, a coffee shop, a post office, a gift shop, and a visitors center.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 13 July 2025
The machine was then rolled into the center's post office so emergency crews could work to extricate the boy.
—Hailey Roden, The Enquirer, 12 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for post office
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“Post office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20office. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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